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From: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] gcc: Fix build failure related to -fPIC for x86_64 -> i686 builds
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 00:06:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aded779d-fd0d-e83c-5a3e-d0e7b28b5dfe@mind.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <71cfdaf7-367d-44de-a1c6-9041e269c8de@cesnet.cz>



On 19-04-17 18:23, Jan Kundr?t wrote:
>> Without this patch, I cannot build the toolchain (both host-gcc-initial
>> and -final) on Gentoo's amd64 using GCC 4.9.3:
>>
>>   /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.3/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld:
>>   gcov.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not
>>   be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> 
> One important piece I forgot to add -- I'm running "Hardened Gentoo GCC" which
> enables PIE by default [1] [2]. As such, this might explain why other are
> (presumably) not seeing this problem.

 Indeed. However, I wonder, won't you have a similar problem with other host
packages that try to build something without -fPIC?


 We don't like to accept patches where it is not clear what happens, i.e. how
this particular change fixes your problem...


> BTW, I cannot find my original submission on patchwork. Was that e-mail OK? I
> see it in the ML archive [3].

 I believe it's because you sent it base64-encoded, patchwork only likes
plaintext. You didn't use git send-email, did you?

 Regards,
 Arnout

> 
> With kind regards,
> Jan
> 
> [1]
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/Toolchain#Automatic_generation_of_Position_Independent_Executables_.28PIEs.29
> 
> [2]
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/Toolchain#Toolchain_modifications_for_automatic_PIEs
> 
> [3] http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2017-April/189441.html
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-04-23 22:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-19 16:23 [Buildroot] [PATCH] gcc: Fix build failure related to -fPIC for x86_64 -> i686 builds Jan Kundrát
2017-04-23 22:06 ` Arnout Vandecappelle [this message]
2017-04-24 11:19   ` Jan Kundrát
2017-04-24 20:21     ` Arnout Vandecappelle
2017-04-25 11:17       ` Jan Kundrát
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-04-12 21:09 Jan Kundrát

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