Correction: I hadn't smacked the cross-compiler build process hard enough to get -fno-pie -no-pie into all its compile steps. Once I hit it with a bigger stick, that did function as a workaround for this issue for me, albeit an ugly one.
- Bug#843198: gcc-6: Cross-compiles older GCC badly Matthew Gabeler-Lee
- Bug#843198: gcc-6: Cross-compiles older GCC badly Matthew Gabeler-Lee