On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Mike Stump <mikest...@comcast.net> wrote: > On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@google.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Mike Stump <mikest...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> On Nov 13, 2013, at 2:28 PM, Magnus Granberg <zo...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>>> This patchset will add a new configure options --enable-default-pie. >>> >>> Ick. Would be nice to figure out on what systems one can do this and just >>> do it without the configure option. Is there some reason that we need an >>> option for it? >> >> I either don't understand the patch description or I don't understand >> your comment. I think the patch is making -fPIE the default. > > No, what the patch does is 'New configure option'. What I prefer is, the > patch titled, 'make pie default'. The difference is the word option.
OK, I didn't understand your comment. I don't think we should make -fPIE the default for all users. Ian
