On Sun, 27 Feb 2011 09:20:57 +0100 klondike <franxisco1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/2/27 Ed W <li...@wildgooses.com>: > > On 26/02/2011 18:01, Magnus Granberg wrote: > >> > >> If you have read the last meeting we will be removing the pic use flag as > >> default on in the hardened amd64 profile. We will start with the changes > >> when > >> the new structure to the profiles have settled down. > > > > Hi, any chance of a bit of background on this change? ie the "why" and some > > of the implications? > Summing it up a lot, amd64 usually needs not special asm code for PIC > due to the way the ABI is defined (which means being PIC by default > usually). You summed it up too much. Why does this need to change? -- fonts, gcc-porting, it makes no sense how it makes no sense toolchain, wxwidgets but i'll take it free anytime @ gentoo.org EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662
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