https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=116393
--- Comment #4 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #3) > (In reply to Stas Sergeev from comment #2) > > Can -fpic win, rather than to rely on a > > command line args order, which is very fragile? > > No because that part is documented. Oh and it would break backwards compatability. That is why I said this is just a documentation issue rather than anything else.