From f50c1c5b7c1f00c7bee7e65db6aa260e540db0cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ed Maste Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 10:59:54 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add UPDATING entry for PIE default As of commit 9a227a2fd642 PIE is on by default for 64-bit architectures. Relnotes: yes (cherry picked from commit ba7ede0b9b3d0c3a64e6e7d8cbfe26b6f882f39f) --- UPDATING | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING index a538f041463..2f187e2b291 100644 --- a/UPDATING +++ b/UPDATING @@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ Items affecting the ports and packages system can be found in /usr/ports/UPDATING. Please read that file before updating system packages and/or ports. +20220123: + For 64-bit architectures the base system is now built with Position + Independent Executable (PIE) support enabled by default. It may be + disabled using the WITHOUT_PIE knob. A clean build is required. + 20220114: The macros provided for the manipulation of CPU sets (e.g. CPU_AND) have been modified to take 2 source arguments instead of only 1.