HEADS-UP: PIE enabled by default on stable/13

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From: Marcin Wojtas <mw_at_semihalf.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 10:36:29 UTC

Hi,

As of 396e9f259d962 the base system binaries are now built as
position-independent executable (PIE) by default, for 64-bit architectures.
Thanks to that enabling ASLR can be done simply
by sysctls knobs when booting the kernel.

If you track stable/13 and normally build WITHOUT_CLEAN you'll need to do
one initial clean build -- either run `make cleanworld` or set
WITH_CLEAN=yes.

The change is a pure MFC of the changes integrated to -CURRENT early 2021
and no issues are expected, but in case any problems are observed, please
issue a PR and/or let me know in this thread.

Best regards,
Marcin