[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#884795: Bug#884795: Bug#884795: patman: FTBFS on x32: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section

Wed Dec 20 17:20:34 UTC 2017

Hi Aaron

On 19 December 2017 at 21:30, Graham Inggs <ginggs at debian.org> wrote:
> Fixed in git:
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-med/patman.git/commit/?id=9e677022c3c9f3038a738efaa42fa8541fe3b8f6

So this worked, and a similar fix worked in motif [1].
I feel this is merely a workaround for the actual problem.

Should PIE be enabled by default for X32?
Should "DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS=hardening=+all" not include PIE on
architectures where it is not enabled by default?

I have no idea where to start; X32 porters?  gcc maintainers?  dpkg maintainers?

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Regards
Graham

[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/motif.git/commit/?id=27d0d5d3a59c6ebf2fc99e04a687c73a45d9eb44