From 8a60ebbfbf8542964ef7335651183e3bd6261547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RoyR <roy12ba@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:47:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added a linker scripts, instead of using gcc directly.

---
 Makefile      |  6 +++---
 README.md     |  1 +
 commonl       | 11 +++++++++++
 test_runner.c |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 commonl

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f2bb06e..4626efe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -std=c99 -Wall -O2
 NASM = nasm
 NASMFLAGS = -f elf32
-LD = gcc
-LDFLAGS = -m32
+LD = ./commonl
+LDFLAGS =
 
 # Compiler
 COMPILER = common
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $(EXAMPLES): %: $(EXAMPLES_DIR)/%.cm $(COMPILER)
 	@echo "Building $@..."
 	./$(COMPILER) $(EXAMPLES_DIR)/$@.cm $@.asm
 	$(NASM) $(NASMFLAGS) $@.asm -o $@.o
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $@.o -o $@ -no-pie
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $@.o -o $@
 	@echo "Built $@ successfully"
 
 # Run all examples
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bfff78..06bad37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ gcc -m32 main.c common.o -o program
 ```
 .
 ├── common.c              # Compiler source (2000 LOC)
+├── commonl               # Linker
 ├── Makefile              # Build automation
 ├── run_tests.sh          # Quick test script
 │
diff --git a/commonl b/commonl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c42b9d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commonl
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Public domain / CC0. Use freely for any purpose. RoyR 2026
+
+GCC_NO_PIE=1
+echo 'int main() {}' | gcc -E -no-pie - -o /dev/null || GCC_NO_PIE=0
+
+if [ $GCC_NO_PIE = 1 ];then
+    gcc -m32 -no-pie "$@"
+else
+    gcc -m32 "$@"
+fi
diff --git a/test_runner.c b/test_runner.c
index 34a68b5..c499687 100644
--- a/test_runner.c
+++ b/test_runner.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void run_test(Test *t) {
     }
     
     /* Link */
-    if (run_command("gcc -m32 /tmp/test.o -o /tmp/test 2>/tmp/test.err -no-pie") != 0) {
+    if (run_command("./commonl /tmp/test.o -o /tmp/test 2>/tmp/test.err") != 0) {
         printf("FAIL (linker error)\n");
         test_failed++;
         return;