Bug#842098: Please revert the change to build static libraries with -fPIC

2016-10-26 Thread Santiago Vila
On Tue, 25 Oct 2016, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Source: unicon > Version: 3.0.4-15 > Severity: important > > PIE by default in gcc was enabled in unstable a week ago. > > There has recently been some confusion regarding the changes required > for using PIE by default. > > Static libraries do not have

Bug#842098: Please revert the change to build static libraries with -fPIC

2016-10-25 Thread Adrian Bunk
Source: unicon Version: 3.0.4-15 Severity: important PIE by default in gcc was enabled in unstable a week ago. There has recently been some confusion regarding the changes required for using PIE by default. Static libraries do not have to be compiled with -fPIC for this change, -fPIE is sufficie