Hi Robert,
Thanks.
"configure: exit 77," and nothing relevant before the entry. It looks
like an autoconf problem.
Jeff
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configure: exit 77
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Robert Boehne <robe...@trdlnk.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey,
>
> If you look at config.log it will show you the test program that it was
> attempting
> to compile, and what errors that attempt generated. It seems like your
> compiler doesn't like "-fPIC -pic" and it has little to do with autotools.
>
> HTH,
>
> Robert
>
>
> On 08/21/12 17:06, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> When I try and run configure with -fPIC -pic (as opposed to -fPIE
>> -pie), I receive "C compiler cannot create executables".
>>
>> ./configure CFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -fPIC -pic
>> -Wno-unused-parameter -Wformat=2 -Wformat-security
>> -fstack-protector-all -Wstrict-overflow -Wl,-z,noexecstack
>> -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now"
>> checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking whether the C compiler works... no
>> configure: error: in `/home/jeffrey/Desktop/sipwitch-1.3.1':
>> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>> See `config.log' for more details
>>
>> Because LDFLAGS cannot distinguish between executables and shared
>> objects, I was told to use -fPIC -pic: "using -fPIC instead of -fPIE
>> is always ok" [1].
>>
>> Any ideas how to get automake and friends to build ASLR enabled
>> executables and shared objects in this manner?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Jeff
>>
>> [1] Request: Add -aslr switch that invokes -fPIE/-pie or -fPIC/-shared
>> as appropriate, http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52885
