Till Maas wrote: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines?rd=Packaging/Guidelines#Compiler_flags > > mentions only %optflags to be required for packages but I noticed that > %configure sets LDFLAGS to a value different than %optflags: > > rpm --eval %configure > [...] > LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:--Wl,-z,relro }"; export LDFLAGS; > [...] > > Also using '%global _hardened_build 1' modifies %configure to add > -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld to LDFLAGS. > > Therefore it seems that packages with a single Makefile where a package > maintainers set the CFLAGS according to the current guidelines are built > differently than packages using autoconf. > > Do we need a %ldflags macro for packages not using %configure (or other > build systems with proper RPM macros)? Or do the LDFLAGS not matter if > CFLAGS are set properly? We already have one, it's called %{__global_ldflags}. You are indeed supposed to set LDFLAGS of handwritten makefiles to that. The guidelines need to be updated. Kevin Kofler -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct