On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 08:03:06AM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote: >> >> On Jun 27, 2013, at 7:28 AM, matthew green <m...@eterna.com.au> wrote: >> >>> >>>> Module Name: src >>>> Committed By: matt >>>> Date: Thu Jun 27 03:37:21 UTC 2013 >>>> >>>> Modified Files: >>>> src/lib/csu/common: Makefile.inc >>>> >>>> Log Message: >>>> Add -fPIC to compile of crtbeginS.o >>> >>> what is this for? crtbeginS.o is for static binaries isn't it? >> >> crtbegin.o is for static >> crtbeginS.o is for shared > > Actually, it is crtbegin.o for the main binary, crtbeginS.o for shared > objects and crtbeginT.o for static binaries. Making crtbegin.o PIC is > useful for PIE. We don't build crtbeginT.o any more.
