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authorredi <redi@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2018-04-30 16:55:12 +0000
committerredi <redi@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2018-04-30 16:55:12 +0000
commit2e289579e6a23c4641a399ed47f604782e293fa3 (patch)
tree4d270789af4b79ef856b591b403bca4a2427481c /gcc/doc/invoke.texi
parent773f4004bfb0bd3b801c895e1e44de6fa9282cf4 (diff)
Clarify documentation for -fpie and -fPIE
* doc/invoke.texi (-fpie, -fPIE): Fix grammar and clarify interaction with -pie. git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/trunk@259774 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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@@ -13094,10 +13094,10 @@ are defined to 2.
@itemx -fPIE
@opindex fpie
@opindex fPIE
-These options are similar to @option{-fpic} and @option{-fPIC}, but
-generated position independent code can be only linked into executables.
-Usually these options are used when @option{-pie} GCC option is
-used during linking.
+These options are similar to @option{-fpic} and @option{-fPIC}, but the
+generated position-independent code can be only linked into executables.
+Usually these options are used to compile code that will be linked using
+the @option{-pie} GCC option.
@option{-fpie} and @option{-fPIE} both define the macros
@code{__pie__} and @code{__PIE__}. The macros have the value 1