Okay, I've found out more about the cause: sshd is compiled as PIE (position independent executable), but only Linux, NetBSD and MirBSD can execute them; FreeBSD, OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD cannot. (The DragonFly gcc ignores -pie because it knows that its kernel can't execute them anyway.)
So the most “polite” solution to the problem would be to only build ssh with -pie if the kernel is Linux or kNetBSD. On the other hand, feel free to reassign the bug to the kfreebsd architecture maintainers, they might want to do something about either having gcc ignore the flag or fixing the kernel to execute PIEs. (Can't be so hard, since I seem to have added it to the MirBSD kernel _by accident_ while fixing something else… maybe I'll dig out the change and port it to Debian GNU/kFreeBSD.) bye, //mirabile -- I believe no one can invent an algorithm. One just happens to hit upon it when God enlightens him. Or only God invents algorithms, we merely copy them. If you don't believe in God, just consider God as Nature if you won't deny existence. -- Coywolf Qi Hunt
