Bug#843035: gcc-6: --enable-default-pie configuration breaks linking when some libraries are static only

2016-11-06 Thread Bálint Réczey
Hi Nach, 2016-11-03 19:51 GMT+01:00 NSRT Mail account. : > Hi Balint, > >> Static libraries shipped by Debian are being recompiled with PIE which >> allows linking them to PIE binaries. > > Which is good although a bit of a pain at the moment, since some popular >

Bug#843035: gcc-6: --enable-default-pie configuration breaks linking when some libraries are static only

2016-11-03 Thread Bálint Réczey
Hi Nach, 2016-11-03 12:06 GMT+01:00 Nach : > Package: gcc-6 > Version: 6.2.0-10 > Severity: important > > Dear Maintainer, > > GCC 6 in Debian changes linking policy from what was the default in all > previous GCC versions. > Now when attemping to link an executable which