From 701cae9d6b54f180fb2e2d62e55a0d890af8b182 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20R=C3=B8nne=20Petersen?= <alex@alexrp.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:38:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] compiler: don't require PIC when linking libc

This allows linking statically against native libc with -fno-PIC.
---
 src/Module.zig | 2 +-
 src/target.zig | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Module.zig b/src/Module.zig
index e66982fa3af97ce9d4ff70522d8bd2073560ed51..6e8efa1591a0cb05910ae3aa6efb68ce085af7b8 100644
--- a/src/Module.zig
+++ b/src/Module.zig
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub fn create(arena: Allocator, options: CreateOptions) !*Module {
     };
 
     const pic = b: {
-        if (target_util.requiresPic(target, options.global.link_libc)) {
+        if (target_util.requiresPic(target)) {
             if (options.inherited.pic == false)
                 return error.TargetRequiresPic;
             break :b true;
diff --git a/src/target.zig b/src/target.zig
index 244b95d154fa12af2e70b8cc3cd39f0322272def..f3fe06954f6789aec3a18bb1d91f2fb1ef6642b2 100644
--- a/src/target.zig
+++ b/src/target.zig
@@ -72,10 +72,8 @@ pub fn requiresPie(target: *const std.Target, link_mode: std.lang.LinkMode) bool
 }
 
 /// This function returns whether non-pic code is completely invalid on the given target.
-pub fn requiresPic(target: *const std.Target, linking_libc: bool) bool {
-    return ((target.os.tag == .windows or target.os.tag == .uefi) and (target.cpu.arch == .aarch64 or target.cpu.arch == .x86_64)) or
-        target.requiresLibC() or
-        (linking_libc and target.isGnuLibC());
+pub fn requiresPic(target: *const std.Target) bool {
+    return (target.os.tag == .windows or target.os.tag == .uefi) and (target.cpu.arch == .aarch64 or target.cpu.arch == .x86_64);
 }
 
 pub fn requiresPicForDynamicLink(target: *const std.Target) bool {
-- 
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