Linking error on x86_64

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Monday 17 July 2006 19:39, Andras Mantia wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Currently kdevelop fails to compile for me on x86_64. The error is:
> Linking CXX shared module ../../../lib/kdevcmakeimporter.so
> /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.1.0/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld
>:
> /data/home/andris/development/build/kde-trunk/kdevelop/lib/libCMakeLib.a(cm
>CustomCommand.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be
> used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> /data/home/andris/development/build/kde-trunk/kdevelop/lib/libCMakeLib.a:
> could not read symbols: Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> Is this a visibility related bug of compiler I remember of (g++ (GCC)
> 4.1.0 (SUSE Linux)), or related to static libraries linked with shared
> ones?? In either way, what is the correct fix for such an error?

Correct would be to just compile the source files into the shared library 
instead of compiling them into a static lib. Linking a static lib into a 
shared one (as with libtool convenience libs) is not supported right now.

Bye
Alex
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