https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65886
--- Comment #28 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Thiago Macieira from comment #27) > (In reply to Jakub Jelinek from comment #26) > > Plus, if KDE uses so small binaries, why don't just compile them with -fPIC > > then? > > You can then link them as normal executables or PIEs, depending on what you > > prefer, and still it supposedly wouldn't use copy relocations, as all > > references to externals would be through .got. > > Can you guarantee that the linker won't generate copy relocs for -fPIC? Yes.
