From bfd417853fa968c5bd55fa5b79cbf3b163574bc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Ellson <john.ellson@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:38:39 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add -fPIE -fPIC to CPPFLAGS for QT

---
 configure.ac | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 37e459b3c..9941564da 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2336,6 +2336,8 @@ else
   if test "$QMAKE" != "false"; then
     PKG_CHECK_MODULES(QTCORE, [Qt5Core],[
       PKG_CHECK_MODULES(QTGUI, [Qt5Widgets Qt5PrintSupport],[
+  # required for linking with QT
+  CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -fPIE -fPIC"
 	use_qt="Yes"
       ],[
         use_qt="No (QtGui not available)"
-- 
2.40.0