Bug#837423: jack-audio-connection-kit: Please build libjack.a with -fPIC

[Bálint Réczey]

Control: tags -1 patch

2016-09-11 15:44 GMT+02:00 Balint Reczey <balint at balintreczey.hu>:
> Source: jack-audio-connection-kit
> Version: 1:0.124.1+20140122git5013bed0-3
> Severity: important
> User: balint at balintreczey.hu
> Usertags: pie-bindnow-20160906
> Justification: makes espeakup FTBFS on amd64 with extra hardening
> Affects: espeakup
>
> Dear Maintainers,
>
> During a rebuild of all packages in sid, espeakup failed to build on
> amd64 with patched GCC and dpkg. The root cause seems to be that
> libjack.a is shipped as a non-PIC library.
>
> The rebuild tested if packages are ready for a transition
> enabling PIE and bindnow for amd64.
>
> For more information about the changes to sid's dpkg and GCC please
> visit:
>  https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening/PIEByDefaultTransition

I have added the patch fixing the issue to the packaging repository:
https://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-multimedia/jack-audio-connection-kit.git


Cheers,
Balint