https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=103370
--- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- case OPTION_PCREL: /* --pcrel means never turn PC-relative branches into absolute jumps. */ flag_keep_pcrel = 1; break; --pcrel is passed to the assembler for -fPIC/-fpic code.