Hey.
We should document how we currently merge pie and pie options
as we fixed PR80838.
Ready for master?
Thanks,
Martin
gcc/ChangeLog:
* doc/invoke.texi: Document how are pie and pic options merged.
---
gcc/doc/invoke.texi | 17 ++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
index 4cf6b204b56..95d3699d1fa 100644
--- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
+++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi
@@ -11569,9 +11569,20 @@ There are some code generation flags preserved by GCC
when
generating bytecodes, as they need to be used during the final link.
Currently, the following options and their settings are taken from
the first object file that explicitly specifies them:
-@option{-fPIC}, @option{-fpic}, @option{-fpie}, @option{-fcommon},
-@option{-fexceptions}, @option{-fnon-call-exceptions}, @option{-fgnu-tm}
-and all the @option{-m} target flags.
+@option{-fcommon}, @option{-fexceptions}, @option{-fnon-call-exceptions},
+@option{-fgnu-tm} and all the @option{-m} target flags.
+
+The following options @option{-fPIC}, @option{-fpic}, @option{-fpie} and
+@option{-fPIE} are combined based on the following scheme:
+
+@smallexample
+@option{-fPIC} + @option{-fpic} = @option{-fpic}
+@option{-fPIC} + @option{-fno-pic} = @option{-fno-pic}
+@option{-fpic/-fPIC} + (no option) = (no option)
+@option{-fPIC} + @option{-fPIE} = @option{-fPIE}
+@option{-fpic} + @option{-fPIE} = @option{-fpie}
+@option{-fPIC/-fpic} + @option{-fpie} = @option{-fpie}
+@end smallexample
Certain ABI-changing flags are required to match in all compilation units,
and trying to override this at link time with a conflicting value
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