Compiler Support Backport of gcc 3.4 -fpie and -fPIE flags (will be committed soon) Source needs to be compiled position independent with either -fpic/-fPIC or -fpie/-fPIE small pic vs large pic (sparc64 and alpha) -fpie vs -fpic vs no-flags int local_global_var = 0x10; int local_global_func(void) { return 0x40; } int main(void) { int x = local_global_func(); local_global_var = 0x20; return 0; }