http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54182
Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #19 from Jakub Jelinek <jakub at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-08-11 07:32:52 UTC --- It is not a bug and not everyone wants the same as you, e.g. you can't refer to symbols in the PIE from plugins if you do. When compiling PIE executables, you shouldn't be using the -fPIC/-fpic flag, but -fPIE/-fpie instead, which works similarly to -fvisibility=hidden in that references to those symbols are cheaper (can use GOT/IP relative addressing on many architectures), but the symbols are still exported. Please stop reopening.