[Bug libstdc++/58638] libstdc++ builds as non-PIC when --with-pic is specified

[redi at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58638

--- Comment #10 from Jonathan Wakely <redi at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Daniel Richard G. from comment #8)
> First, GCC can't find its own runtime library when linking programs:
> 
>     /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s

That's Bug 35248, it's a problem with --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs

> I can specify -L$(PREFIX)/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib64 manually,
> and that allows things to link. But then, unless I futz with
> ld.so.conf/LD_LIBRARY_PATH, the resulting executable uses the wrong instance
> of libgcc/libstdc++:

Yes, that's how linking works.

https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/libstdc++/faq.html#faq.how_to_set_paths