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ref-manual: Added the GCCPIE Variable to Glossary

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Signed-off-by: Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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By default, the <filename>security_flags.inc</filename> file
sets a <filename>GCCPIE</filename> variable with an option
to enable Position Independent Executables (PIE) within
<filename>gcc</filename>.
sets a
<link linkend='var-GCCPIE'><filename>GCCPIE</filename></link>
variable with an option to enable Position Independent
Executables (PIE) within <filename>gcc</filename>.
Enabling PIE in the GNU C Compiler (GCC), makes Return
Oriented Programming (ROP) attacks much more difficult to
execute.