This is done on purpose. The -fpic is needed on the link line too. This is a bug in libtool.

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On Apr 5, 2010, at 6:47 PM, "debian-gcc at lists dot debian dot org" <gcc-bugzi...@gcc.gnu.org > wrote:

[forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/524176]

 Matthias

gcc-4.5 with -flto doesn't work with -fPIC properly.

Simple testcase:
int entry(int a)
{
   return bar(a)+1;
}

int bar(int a)
{
   return a+4;
}

$ gcc-4.5 foo1.c -flto -fPIC -DPIC -c
$ gcc-4.5 foo2.c -flto -fPIC -DPIC -c
$ gcc-4.5 foo1.o foo2.o -flto -shared
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccmA7RCK.lto.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `bar'
can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

This works however:
$ gcc-4.5 foo1.o foo2.o -flto -shared -fPIC

Now -fPIC is something libtool automatically adds, and I it doesn't add it at
linktime (perhaps other build systems don't either).
Could gcc's -flto see that all .o files involved in the link are - fPIC... and
make the resulting file -fPIC too?
Or at least it should see the -shared in the linker line, and automatically use
-fPIC when -flto is used.


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          Summary: -flto doesn't remember -fPIC
          Product: gcc
          Version: 4.5.0
           Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Severity: normal
         Priority: P3
        Component: lto
       AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
       ReportedBy: debian-gcc at lists dot debian dot org


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43659

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