Re: [PATCH] Replece LDFLAGS-* = $(no-pie-ldflag) with tst-*-no-pie = yes [BZ #22630]

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Joseph Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Dec 2017, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
>> >> To build static PIE, all .o files need to compiled with -fPIE.  Given all
>> >> input .o files are compiled with -fPIE when creating an executable, should
>> >> we generate PIE or nor no-PIE?
>> >
>> > I'd expect a normal executable, in the case of dynamic executables, since
>> > nothing about --enable-static-pie says it changes how non-static
>> > executables are built.
>>
>> I can certainly make a patch to do that.  On the other hand, should
>> --enable-static-pie imply PIE?
>
> Logically, it doesn't need to.  Practically, I don't know if people will
> want static PIEs without dynamic PIEs, but if it implies both static and
> dynamic PIEs, the documentation needs to say so.
>

I will submit a patch to update documentation.


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H.J.