Build everything as PIC by default

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 45f0986..d6b7d9e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ uid/self key if the client and the server have the same uid, and the
 gid/self key if the client and the server have the same gid. That means
 s6-ipcserver-access can now be configured to allow/deny/specialcase
 connections where the client's credentials are the same as the server's.
+ - Everything builds as PIC by default.
 
 
 In 2.7.2.2
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c147abb..b209726 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ 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             don't 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]
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sysdeps='$prefix/lib/skalibs/sysdeps'
 manualsysdeps=false
 shared=false
 static=true
-allpic=detect
+allpic=true
 slashpackage=false
 abspath=false
 usensss=false
@@ -307,20 +307,6 @@ if [ "x$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 $sysdeps/sysclock.lib)
@@ -328,6 +314,9 @@ tainnow_lib=$(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 b24fcb2..1da69a5 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -21,14 +21,19 @@
 <h2> in 2.8.0.0 </h2>
 
 <ul>
- <li> skalibs dependency bumped to 2.8.0.0. </li>
- <li> execline dependency bumped to 2.5.1.0. </li>
+ <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/"></a>skalibs</a>
+dependency bumped to 2.8.0.0. </li>
+ <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/execline/">execline</a>
+dependency bumped to 2.5.1.0. </li>
  <li> New <tt>-d <em>notif</em></tt> option to <a href="s6-log.html">s6-log</a>. </li>
  <li> New default for the <tt>-l <em>linelimit</em></tt> option to <a href="s6-log.html">s6-log</a>:
 8192 bytes. </li>
  <li> In the <a href="libs6/accessrules.html">accessrules</a> library, checking against uid/gid
 now checks the <tt>uid/self</tt> key if the client and the server have the same uid, and
 the <tt>gid/self</tt> key if the client and the server have the same gid. </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 2.7.2.2 </h2>