On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 02:49:48PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Daniel P. Berrangé:
> 
> > One notable thing is Ubuntu's use of --enable-default-pie. Some Google
> > links also suggested -fPIC as a possible solution to my error, so I
> > tried modifying the build system to add -fPIC to CFLAGS/LDFLAGS, but
> > that merely gave me a differrent set of errors :-(
> 
> Have you tried building with -fPIE?  Why jump straight to -fPIC?

I have not tried -fPIE, I just blindly went to -fPIC out of
habit.

> With -fPIE, the mapping address does not matter to the compiler (so no
> absolute R_X86_64_32S relocations), and external calls should stop using
> the GOT, too (so no more relaxation issues).

Thanks for explaining, I've now confirmed that if I get -fPIE
added in the right places, it successfully builds.


With regards,
Daniel
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