The reason for this feature being masked on m68k was unspecified breakage in openssh (see #451192), which does not appear to be present any more. As such there's no apparent reason to mask it any longer. Requested-by: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ dpkg (1.16.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
Suggested by Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>. Closes: #391818
* Add “gcc | c-compiler” to libdpkg-perl Suggests, due to Dpkg::Arch usage.
Closes: #671198
+ * Do not mask PIE from dpkg-buildflags on m68k, it appears to work now.
+ Requested by Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de>.
[ Updated man page translations ]
* German (Helge Kreutzmann).
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ sub add_hardening_flags {
# Mask features that are not available on certain architectures.
if ($os !~ /^(linux|knetbsd|hurd)$/ or
- $cpu =~ /^(hppa|m68k|mips|mipsel|avr32)$/) {
+ $cpu =~ /^(hppa|mips|mipsel|avr32)$/) {
# Disabled on non-linux/knetbsd/hurd (see #430455 and #586215).
- # Disabled on hppa, m68k (#451192), mips/mipsel (#532821), avr32
+ # Disabled on hppa, mips/mipsel (#532821), avr32
# (#574716).
$use_feature{"pie"} = 0;
}