On 11/04/16 11:39, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> Debian gcc's is nowdays compiled with --enable-default-pie which means it does
> -fPIE by default. This breaks atleast x86-64 compiles.
> This is the third attempt to fix it, this time by using runtime detection of
> the -fno-PIE compiler switch (it was introduced in gcc 3.4, min required gcc
> is
> currently 3.2) so it can be backported to the stable kernels.
> As noted by Al this won't fix `git bisect' of stable kernels prio this commit.
> However using always a wrapper around gcc which adds -fno-PIE is not sollution
> I want to rely in future.
>
> Sebastian
>
We don't support gcc < 3.4 on x86 platforms; I'm pretty sure it is broken.
-hpa
