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diff --git a/dist/changes-5.4.2 b/dist/changes-5.4.2 index 29d3c6346d..1a34898011 100644 --- a/dist/changes-5.4.2 +++ b/dist/changes-5.4.2 @@ -37,14 +37,20 @@ information about a particular change. - On x86 and x86-64 systems with ELF binaries (especially Linux), due to a new optimization in GCC 5.x in combination with a recent version of GNU binutils, compiling Qt applications with -fPIE is no longer - enough. Applications now need to be compiled with the -fPIC option if - Qt's option "reduce relocations" is active. Note that Clang is known - to generate incompatible code even with -fPIC if the -flto option is - active. + enough with GCC 5.x. Applications now need to be compiled with + the -fPIC option if Qt's option "reduce relocations" is active. For + backward compatibility only, Qt accepts the use of -fPIE for GCC 4.x + versions. + Note that Clang is known to generate incompatible code even with -fPIC if + the -flto option is active. Applications using qmake or cmake >= 2.8.12 as their build system will - adapt automatically. Applications using an older release of cmake need to - change their CMakeLists.txt to add Qt5Core_EXECUTABLE_COMPILE_FLAGS to - CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS. + adapt automatically. Applications using an older release of cmake in + combination with GCC 5.x need to change their CMakeLists.txt to add + Qt5Core_EXECUTABLE_COMPILE_FLAGS to CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS. In particular, + applications using cmake >= 2.8.9 and < 2.8.11 will continue to build + with the -fPIE option and invoke the special compatibility mode if using + GCC 4.x. + **************************************************************************** * Library * |