Re: gcc --static produces programs that crash

On 2020/11/28 12:26, helmut karlowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I compile
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> void main(void)
> {
> printf( "test\\n" );
> }
>
> wich gcc --static t.c (gcc (GCC) 8.4.0), the resulting a.out does crash:
>
> $a.out
> Memory fault (core dumped)

The above output with "Memory fault" doesn't look like it comes from
OpenBSD. That test does fail with ports GCC on OpenBSD, but with
"Segmentation fault".

> In fact it is not really static:
>
> $ldd a.out
> a.out:
> Start End Type Open Ref GrpRef Name
> 1a52f000 3a537000 exe 1 0 0 a.out
> 0302c000 0302c000 ld.so 0 1 0 /usr/libexec/ld.so

OpenBSD compilers use PIE by default, this is normal for a PIE binary.