It appears that the gcc/binutils maintainers for ARM do not believe that this is a supported mode of operation so it's a "won't fix".
** Changed in: binutils-linaro Status: Triaged => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/503448 Title: [arm] building non-PIC libraries fails under ARMv7 mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils-linaro/+bug/503448/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs