Build everything as PIC by default

4 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea4980b..4c9e807 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 /elgetpositionals
 /elglob
 /emptyenv
+/envfile
 /exec
 /execlineb
 /exit
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 17647c5..38e9fe4 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ In 2.5.1.0
 
  - Bugfixes.
  - New command: envfile.
+ - Everything builds as PIC by default.
 
 
 In 2.5.0.1
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ef53dad..cd7c05d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Optional features:
   --disable-static              do not build static libraries [enabled]
   --disable-allstatic           do not prefer linking against static libraries [enabled]
   --enable-static-libc          make entirely static binaries [disabled]
-  --enable-all-pic              build everything as PIC [enabled iff toolchain builds PIE]
+  --disable-all-pic             do not build executables and static libs as PIC [enabled]
   --enable-slashpackage[=ROOT]  assume /package installation at ROOT [disabled]
   --enable-absolute-paths       do not rely on PATH to access this package's binaries,
                                   hardcode absolute BINDIR/foobar paths instead [disabled]
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ sysdeps='$prefix/lib/skalibs/sysdeps'
 manualsysdeps=false
 shared=false
 static=true
-allpic=detect
+allpic=true
 slashpackage=false
 abspath=false
 usensss=false
@@ -314,20 +314,9 @@ if [ "x$target" != "x$(cat $sysdeps/target)" ] ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if test $allpic = detect ; then
-  echo "Checking whether we need to build everything as PIC..."
-  if $CC_AUTO $CPPFLAGS_AUTO $CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS_POST $CFLAGS_AUTO $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_POST -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep -qF __PIE__ ; then
-    allpic=true
-    echo "  ... yes"
-  else
-    allpic=false
-    echo "  ... no"
-  fi
-fi
 if $allpic ; then
   tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -fPIC
 fi
-
 spawn_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/spawn.lib)
 socket_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/socket.lib)
 sysclock_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/sysclock.lib)
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
index 80c5dea..62a2fc8 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 <ul>
  <li> skalibs dependency bumped to 2.8.0.0 </li>
  <li> New command: <a href="envfile.html">envfile</a>. </li>
+ <li> Everything now builds as PIC by default no matter
+the toolchain's settings. Use the <tt>--disable-all-pic</tt> configure
+option to build executables and static libraries as non-PIC. </li>
 </ul>
 
 <h2> in 2.5.0.1 </h2>