Hello, I did the following on x86_64 fedora machine: - downloaded ppp-2.4.5-22.fc17.src.rpm ran: rpm -ivh ppp-2.4.5-22.fc17.src.rpm then rpmbuild -bp --target=x86_64 /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ppp.spec then cd /root/rpmbuild/BUILD/ppp-2.4.5 ./configure make got this error: d chat; make all make[1]: Entering directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/ppp-2.4.5/chat' cc -c -DTERMIOS -DSIGTYPE=void -UNO_SLEEP -DFNDELAY=O_NDELAY -o chat.o chat.c cc -pie -o chat chat.o /bin/ld: chat.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC chat.o: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make[1]: *** [chat] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/ppp-2.4.5/chat' make: *** [all] Error 2 why is this error ? I tried, just out of interest, also rpmbuild -bp --target=i686 /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ppp.spec and got: cc -pie -o chat chat.o /bin/ld: chat.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC chat.o: could not read symbols: Bad value Any ideas? this things should have work, or am I doing something wrong? rgs, Kevin -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org