Hey, The section of the gcc-4.1.2-fpie-1.patch I copied at the end of the email, seems to cause problems with some packages (beyond the standard HLFS build). The most recent one I had trouble with is open-vm-tools ( http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=204462&package_id=244023&release_id=555776 ). Unfortunately right now I don't recall the other packages which had the same problem.
This is the error: checkvm.c: In function `getVersion': checkvm.c:80: error: can't find a register in class `BREG' while reloading `asm' make[1]: *** [checkvm.o] Error 1 You'll have to compile it with ./configure --prefix=/usr --without-x make CC="gcc -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE" LDFLAGS=-liconv What does this part of the patch do? -- Regards Heiko Zuerker http://www.devil-linux.org --- gcc-4.1.2.orig/gcc/common.opt 2006-05-17 18:38:58.000000000 +0000 +++ gcc-4.1.2/gcc/common.opt 2007-06-10 12:52:38.000000000 +0000 @@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ Generate position-independent code if possible (large mode) fPIE -Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) +Common Report Var(flag_pie,2) Init(2) Generate position-independent code for executables if possible (large mode) fpic -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
