Build everything as PIC by default

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 84759a1..9f3e715 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ In 0.5.0.0
  - Bugfixes.
  - s6-rc-compile doesn't support -u and -g anymore; the user who
 can run s6-rc on a database is the user who owns the supervision tree.
+ - Everything builds as PIC by default.
 
 
 In 0.4.1.0
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e3ff39e..cd2cb5b 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 or 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]
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ sysdeps='$prefix/lib/skalibs/sysdeps'
 manualsysdeps=false
 shared=false
 static=true
-allpic=detect
+allpic=true
 slashpackage=false
 abspath=false
 sproot=
@@ -306,20 +306,6 @@ if [ "x$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 $sysdeps/sysclock.lib)
@@ -327,6 +313,9 @@ tainnow_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/tainnow.lib)
 timer_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/timer.lib)
 util_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/util.lib)
 
+if $allpic ; then
+  tryflag CPPFLAGS_AUTO -fPIC
+fi
 tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -std=c99
 tryflag CFLAGS -fomit-frame-pointer
 tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -fno-exceptions
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
index 120e1e3..5427317 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ dependency bumped to 2.8.0.0. </li>
  <li> <a href="s6-rc-compile.html">s6-rc-compile</a> does not support the <tt>-u</tt>
 or <tt>-g</tt> options anymore; instead, at any time, the user who can operate
 a s6-rc database is the user who owns the supervision tree. </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 0.4.1.0 </h2>