pkg/60507: pkgsrc should disable PIC code generation for m68000 / m68010

"[email protected] via gnats" <[email protected]> Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:45:00 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.pkgsrc.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>Number:         60507
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       pkgsrc should disable PIC code generation for m68000 / m68010
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jul 26 16:45:00 +0000 2026
>Originator:     Jason Thorpe
>Release:        11.99.7
>Organization:
Retrogrouches'R'Us
>Environment:
Cross-building packages from:

NetBSD the-ripe-vessel 10.99.10 NetBSD 10.99.10 (GENERIC) #68: Fri Nov 17 14:40:27 PST 2023  thorpej@the-ripe-vessel:/space/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC amd64

>Description:
m68000 / m68010 do not support the addressing modes necessary for PIC code generation in the SVR4 ELF ABI.  For tiny / trivial programs (like conftest.c), it will appear to work, but for anything else you're likely to encounter a fatal relocation overflow for GOT references because the linker runs out of options.

This, pkgsrc should forcefully disable PIC code generation.  For GNU autoconf-using packages, this will work:

+CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --without-pic --disable-shared

>How-To-Repeat:
Try to cross-build sysutils/nabud for hb68010.
>Fix:
Pkgsrc .mk wizardry; I am not sufficiently skilled in the Dark Arts to attempt it.