PR79066, non-PIC code generated for powerpc glibc with -fpic

[Segher Boessenkool]

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 12:08:39AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> > Have you checked if/what this changes for some bigger code?
> 
> Well, the bootstrap was all langs (minus ada due to not having ada
> installed) and ppc32 multilibs were built.  Plus the testsuite run
> with RUNTESTFLAGS="--target_board=unix'{-m32,-m64}{-mlra,-mno-lra}'"
> 
> I would have bootstrapped -m32 except the machine I used lacked 32-bit
> gmp, mpfr, mpc and I was lazy.
> 
> > Okay for trunk if there is nothing unexpected.  Thanks!
> 
> I guess I should at least build glibc.

Yes exactly, something big that uses pic -- it is pretty obvious it won't
change anything for non-pic.

For gmp etc. you can use download_prequisites fwiw -- even lazier than
using the distro-provided binaries ;-)


Segher