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Document that --enable-static-pie implies PIE
authorH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:51:01 +0000 (13:51 -0800)
committerH.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 21:51:16 +0000 (13:51 -0800)
commit126adc89d8a32193df075ce665e76ad95ebd0557
tree2016db69e9f2221fb0a4f3b40651d2b819df069f
parent648615e13f8d7b638cb911926b8bb70804217f15
Document that --enable-static-pie implies PIE

To build static PIE, all .o files are compiled with -fPIE.  Since
--enable-static-pie is designed to provide additional security hardening
benefits, it also implies that glibc programs and tests are created as
dynamic position independent executables (PIE) by default for better
security hardening.

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
* manual/install.texi: Document that --enable-static-pie
implies PIE.
* INSTALL: Regenerated.
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