[native_toolchain_c] Explicitly tell linker to create position dependent or position independent executable (#139)

Author: blaugold

pkgs/native_toolchain_c/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 0.2.4+1
+
+- Explicitly tell linker to create position dependent or position independent executable
+  ([#113](https://github.com/dart-lang/native/issues/133)).
+
 ## 0.2.4
 
 - Added `includes` for specifying include directories.

pkgs/native_toolchain_c/lib/src/cbuilder/run_cbuilder.dart

@@ -161,14 +161,18 @@ class RunCBuilder {
             // which the static library is linked is PIC, PIE or neither. Then
             // we could use the same option for the static library.
             if (staticLibrary != null) '-fPIC',
-            if (executable != null) '-fPIE',
+            if (executable != null) ...[
+              // Generate position-independent code for executables.
+              '-fPIE',
+              // Tell the linker to generate a position-independent executable.
+              '-pie',
+            ],
           ] else ...[
+            // Disable generation of any kind of position-independent code.
             '-fno-PIC',
             '-fno-PIE',
-            if (compiler.tool == clang) ...[
-              '-z',
-              'notext',
-            ]
+            // Tell the linker to generate a position-dependent executable.
+            if (executable != null) '-no-pie',
           ],
         if (std != null) '-std=$std',
         if (language == Language.cpp) ...[

pkgs/native_toolchain_c/pubspec.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: native_toolchain_c
 description: >-
   A library to invoke the native C compiler installed on the host machine.
-version: 0.2.4
+version: 0.2.4+1
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/native/tree/main/pkgs/native_toolchain_c
 
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