Public bug reported: The stock ubuntu system compiler (gcc / g++) as shipped cannot compile my program, because in its specs it adds '-pie' to the command line of EVERY collect2 invocation:
Example: <pre> $ g++ -std=gnu++17 ... -fPIC -c test.C $ g++ --verbose -fPIC -fpic -o test test.o -lstdc++ -lrt -lm -ldl -lc Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/lto-wrapper OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1 Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 7.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04.1' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-7/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-7 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 7.4.0 (Ubuntu 7.4.0-1ubuntu1~18.04.1) COMPILER_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/ LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../../lib/:/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:/usr/lib/../lib/:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../:/lib/:/usr/lib/ COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-v' '-fpic' '-o' 'mmaps' '-shared-libgcc' '-mtune=generic' '-march=x86-64' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/collect2 -plugin /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/liblto_plugin.so -plugin-opt=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/lto-wrapper -plugin-opt=-fresolution=/tmp/cch3HaRz.res -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc_s -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lc -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc_s -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc --sysroot=/ --build-id --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=gnu --as-needed -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -pie -z now -z relro -o test /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/Scrt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/crtbeginS.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7 -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../../lib -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../.. test.o -lstdc++ -lrt -ldl -lstdc++ -lm -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/crtendS.o /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o /usr/bin/ld: test.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.data' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status </pre> Note your g++'s specs file is specifying '-pie' - it shouldn't. I do not want to make an -pie executable. Why is Ubuntu forcing me to do so, and what is more, failing to do so , when I did not ask it to ? I have specified -fPIC to build the object, and -fpic to link the executable, so the specs should not be specifying '-pie' ! <pre> $ g++ -dumpspecs *asm: %{m16|m32:--32} %{m16|m32|mx32:;:--64} %{mx32:--x32} %{msse2avx:%{!mavx:-msse2avx}} *asm_debug: %{%:debug-level-gt(0):%{gstabs*:--gstabs}%{!gstabs*:%{g*:--gdwarf2}}} %{fdebug-prefix-map=*:--debug-prefix-map %*} *asm_final: %{gsplit-dwarf: objcopy --extract-dwo %{c:%{o*:%*}%{!o*:%b%O}}%{!c:%U%O} %{c:%{o*:%:replace-extension(%{o*:%*} .dwo)}%{!o*:%b.dwo}}%{!c:%b.dwo} objcopy --strip-dwo %{c:%{o*:%*}%{!o*:%b%O}}%{!c:%U%O} } *asm_options: %{-target-help:%:print-asm-header()} %{v} %{w:-W} %{I*} %{gz|gz=zlib:--compress-debug-sections=zlib} %{gz=none:--compress-debug-sections=none} %{gz=zlib-gnu:--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} %a %Y %{c:%W{o*}%{!o*:-o %w%b%O}}%{!c:-o %d%w%u%O} *invoke_as: %{!fwpa*: %{fcompare-debug=*|fdump-final-insns=*:%:compare-debug-dump-opt()} %{!S:-o %|.s | as %(asm_options) %m.s %A } } *cpp: %{posix:-D_POSIX_SOURCE} 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%{%:sanitize(leak): %{static-liblsan|static:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_liblsan)}}}} %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%(link_ssp) %(link_gcc_c_sequence)}} %{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%E}} %{T*} %(post_link) }}}}}} </pre> As you can see above, you have configured the *link_command spec with a bug: '!no-pie:-pie' Obviously, specifying '-fpic' on the command line and not '-pie' is somehow not enough to trigger 'no-pie' - it should be! ** Affects: gcc-7 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1837881 Title: error in gcc / g++ specs : '-pie' always added To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-7/+bug/1837881/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs