Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:41:22 +0200 From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-15?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Subject: What is -fPIE (GCC) good for? [Was: Re: strange "Exec format error" (gcc4.2 suspicious)] Message-ID: <200705211441.23211.h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> In-Reply-To: <20070520184710.75db1335@kan.dnsalias.net> References: <200705201954.00476.h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> <200705202130.55833.h.schmalzbauer@omnisec.de> <20070520184710.75db1335@kan.dnsalias.net>
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Hello, a quick search told me that pie means Posix Independant Executable. Has anybody a link handy where I can find an explanation why one would want to have this? Thanks, -Harry
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