What is -fPIE (GCC) good for? [Was: Re: strange "Exec format error" (gcc4.2 suspicious)]

From: Harald Schmalzbauer <h.schmalzbauer_at_omnisec.de>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:41:22 +0200

Hello,

a quick search told me that pie means Posix Independant Executable.
Has anybody a link handy where I can find an explanation why one would want to 
have this?

Thanks,

-Harry

Received on Mon May 21 2007 - 10:41:33 UTC

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