Cannot link with libphobos2.a with GCC 6.2 on Ubuntu 16.10

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On Thursday, 13 October 2016 at 18:35:43 UTC, Matthias Klumpp 
wrote:
> The new toolchains of Ubuntu (and Debian soon too) default to 
> PIE code, so in order to link correctly, the project needs to 
> be compiled with PIE/PIC to work.

So how do I do this?

Instructions?

Can I bootstrap DMD or do I need to cross-compile to the new 
PIE/PIC?