[Bug other/52885] Request: Add -aslr switch that invokes -fPIE/-pie or -fPIC/-shared as appropriate

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http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52885

--- Comment #3 from Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail dot com> 2012-04-24 04:32:35 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #2)
> GCC is not a mind reader.
I kind of knew that.

> There is no way for GCC to know if you want to do
> PIC or PIE code.
Forgive my ignorance, but why does it matter at the code generation stage? How
are relocations different in the object code of a program versus a shared
object? At code generation, I did not think there was even the concept of
program or shared object.