[cmake-developers] [CMake 0015570]: Review POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE use of -fPIE

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=15570 
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Reported By:                Stephen Kelly
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   15570
Category:                   (No Category)
Reproducibility:            have not tried
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2015-05-14 20:22 CEST
Last Modified:              2015-05-14 20:22 CEST
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Summary:                    Review POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE use of -fPIE
Description: 

cmLocalGenerator::AddPositionIndependentFlags uses -fPIE for executables and
-fPIC for libraries. This caused issues in Qt:

 https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-45755
 
 https://codereview.qt-project.org/#/c/112060/
 
 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=65886

Someone who understands the terms-of-art used in the discussion should review
what cmake is doing here.
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2015-05-14 20:22 Stephen Kelly  New Issue                                    
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