On 02/26/2018 04:47 PM, Martin Sebor wrote: > Compiling a number of tests with -fpic results in failures > because the tests make use of non-inline, extern helper > functions defined within, and these helpers must be assumed > to have been superimposed elsewhere. > > For example: > https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-testresults/2018-02/msg01762.html > > I took a quick pass through the failures and declared > the helpers static to avoid them. I only did this in failure > tests I recognized because I introduced them myself being unaware > that building the tests with -fpic was expected to work. > > This should make the -fpic test results a lot cleaner than > they currently are, although I don't think it brings them > up to par with non-fpic results. > > Unless there are objections in the next day or so I'll commit > the fixes as obvious. OK.
jeff
