On 26.11.2016 11:38, Peter De Wachter wrote:
> Hello Matthias and Iain,
>
> Is it an expected effect that some programs now need to be build with
> -fPIC? For example:
>
> $ cat >test.d
> import std.conv;
> void main() {
> string b;
> float c;
> to!int(b);
> to!string(c);
> }
>
> $ gdc -o test test.d
> /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cc6LR10G.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol
> `_D3std6format18__T10FormatSpecTaZ10FormatSpec6flPlusMxFNaNbNdNiNfZb'
> can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> $ gdc --version
> gdc (Debian 6.2.1-5) 6.2.1 20161124
> Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
This build is configured with --enable-default-pie. The linker is now called
with -pie, but cc1d isn't passed either -fPIE, or -fPIC. The work around is to
pass either -fPIC, or -no-pie. Also passing -fPIE doesn't have an effect.
