drop old glibc pie checking as this has worked since at least version 2.4

diff --git a/eclass/toolchain.eclass b/eclass/toolchain.eclass
index 197511bc3e29c3908ba779cd5cfcfa379ecacd9f..55e0e334585b677f799d6967cc499c3177cf0dfa 100644 (file)
--- a/eclass/toolchain.eclass
+++ b/eclass/toolchain.eclass
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/toolchain.eclass,v 1.489 2011/12/03 20:45:45 vapier Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/toolchain.eclass,v 1.490 2011/12/04 19:24:04 vapier Exp $
 #
 # Maintainer: Toolchain Ninjas <toolchain@gentoo.org>
 
@@ -516,17 +516,6 @@ want_minispecs() {
        fi
        return 1
 }
-# This function checks whether or not glibc has the support required to build
-# Position Independant Executables with gcc.
-glibc_have_pie() {
-       if [[ ! -f ${ROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)/Scrt1.o ]] ; then
-               echo
-               ewarn "Your glibc does not have support for pie, the file Scrt1.o is missing"
-               ewarn "Please update your glibc to a proper version or disable hardened"
-               echo
-               return 1
-       fi
-}
 
 # This function determines whether or not libc has been patched with stack
 # smashing protection support.
@@ -904,10 +893,6 @@ toolchain_src_unpack() {
        do_gcc_PIE_patches
        epatch_user
 
-       # fail if using pie patches, building hardened, and glibc doesnt have
-       # the necessary support
-       want_pie && use hardened && glibc_have_pie
-
        if use hardened ; then
                einfo "updating configuration to build hardened GCC"
                make_gcc_hard || die "failed to make gcc hard"