Relocation sections in an ELF executable?

Chris Smith cdsmith@twu.net
Sat Sep 11 19:25:00 GMT 2004


Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> --emit-relocs (-q).  However, you're likely to encounter a lot of
> other problems in that approach, for instance linker generated
> sections like the PLT will often not have relocations.  You should
> take a look at PIE (position independent executable) support,
> available in CVS.

Thanks, Daniel.  That's exactly what I needed to know.  The PIE stuff sounds
perfect, and I will check it out as soon as I get a chance.

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