[PATCH 5/5] Enable static-pie on powerpc64

[Florian Weimer]

* Alan Modra via Libc-alpha:

> diff --git a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/configure.ac b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/configure.ac
> index 1f3d54414c..5eedd2f81c 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/configure.ac
> +++ b/sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64/configure.ac
> @@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
>  GLIBC_PROVIDES dnl See aclocal.m4 in the top level source directory.
>  # Local configure fragment for sysdeps/powerpc/powerpc64.
>  
> +dnl It is always possible to access static and hidden symbols in an
> +dnl position independent way.
> +AC_DEFINE(PI_STATIC_AND_HIDDEN)

I must say that this is the most surprising glibc patch I've seen in a
while.

But I think it's true—once you've set up the TOC pointer, the link
editor can generate a fixed offset offset for local and hidden symbols.
Has this always been the case for powerpc64le?

Thanks,
Florian