Build everything as PIC by default; prepare for 0.1.0.3

7 files changed, 27 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 8a62df1..85e6fa1 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2017-2018 Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
+Copyright (c) 2017-2019 Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 171d4d9..369f1ca 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Build Instructions
 
   - A Linux-based system with a standard C development environment
   - GNU make version 3.81 or later
-  - skalibs version 2.7.0.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/
+  - skalibs version 2.8.0.0 or later: http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/
 
  This software is Linux-specific. It will run on a Linux kernel,
 version 2.6.10 or later.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5e1246b..9572908 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 Changelog for mdevd.
 
+In 0.1.0.3
+----------
+
+ - Adaptation to skalibs-2.8.0.0.
+ - Everything builds as PIC by default.
+
+
 In 0.1.0.2
 ----------
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c147abb..ae5309d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Optional features:
   --disable-static              do not build static libraries [enabled]
   --disable-allstatic           do not prefer linking against static libraries [enabled]
   --enable-static-libc          make entirely static binaries [disabled]
-  --enable-all-pic              build everything as PIC [enabled iff toolchain builds PIE]
+  --disable-all-pic             do not build executables or static libs as PIC [enabled]
   --enable-slashpackage[=ROOT]  assume /package installation at ROOT [disabled]
   --enable-absolute-paths       do not rely on PATH to access this package's binaries,
                                   hardcode absolute BINDIR/foobar paths instead [disabled]
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ sysdeps='$prefix/lib/skalibs/sysdeps'
 manualsysdeps=false
 shared=false
 static=true
-allpic=detect
+allpic=true
 slashpackage=false
 abspath=false
 usensss=false
@@ -307,20 +307,6 @@ if [ "x$target" != "x$(cat $sysdeps/target)" ] ; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if test $allpic = detect ; then
-  echo "Checking whether we need to build everything as PIC..."
-  if $CC_AUTO $CPPFLAGS_AUTO $CPPFLAGS $CPPFLAGS_POST $CFLAGS_AUTO $CFLAGS $CFLAGS_POST -dM -E - < /dev/null | grep -qF __PIE__ ; then
-    allpic=true
-    echo "  ... yes"
-  else
-    allpic=false
-    echo "  ... no"
-  fi
-fi
-if $allpic ; then
-  tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -fPIC
-fi
-
 spawn_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/spawn.lib)
 socket_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/socket.lib)
 sysclock_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/sysclock.lib)
@@ -328,6 +314,9 @@ tainnow_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/tainnow.lib)
 timer_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/timer.lib)
 util_lib=$(cat $sysdeps/util.lib)
 
+if $allpic ; then
+  tryflag CPPFLAGS_AUTO -fPIC
+fi
 tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -std=c99
 tryflag CFLAGS -fomit-frame-pointer
 tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -fno-exceptions
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index eef962f..a994544 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ entirely compatible with advanced mdev usage such as
 The Linux kernel must be 2.6.10 or later. </li>
  <li> GNU make, version 3.81 or later </li>
  <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a> version
-2.7.0.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time
+2.8.0.0 or later. It's a build-time requirement. It's also a run-time
 requirement if you link against the shared version of the skalibs
 library. </li>
 </ul>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ library. </li>
 
 <ul>
  <li> The current released version of mdevd is
-<a href="mdevd-0.1.0.2.tar.gz">0.1.0.2</a>. </li>
+<a href="mdevd-0.1.0.3.tar.gz">0.1.0.3</a>. </li>
  <li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the
 <a href="//git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/mdevd/">mdevd
 git repository</a>:
diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html
index 74caac9..6021ef8 100644
--- a/doc/upgrade.html
+++ b/doc/upgrade.html
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@
 
 <h1> What has changed in mdevd </h1>
 
+<h2> in 0.1.0.3 </h2>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> <a href="//skarnet.org/software/skalibs/">skalibs</a>
+dependency bumped to 2.8.0.0. </li>
+ <li> Everything now builds as PIC by default no matter
+the toolchain's settings. Use the <tt>--disable-all-pic</tt> configure
+option to build executables and static libraries as non-PIC. </li>
+</ul>
+
 <h2> in 0.1.0.2 </h2>
 
 <ul>
diff --git a/package/info b/package/info
index 2640762..8041d6c 100644
--- a/package/info
+++ b/package/info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package=mdevd
-version=0.1.0.2
+version=0.1.0.3
 category=admin
 package_macro_name=MDEVD