I am trying to install Apache 2.4.3 on a new Red Hat Linux 6.3 machine running on X86_64 hardware. I installed OpenSSL version 1.0.1c and it seemed to install correctly. basically, it was a default install except for the executable location information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ./configure --prefix=/usr/openssl-1.0.1c make make install ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I ran a few tests from the command line and the results look OK. When I try to compile Apache using the following configuration, I get a compile error against the OpenSSL libraries: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ./configure --prefix=/usr/apache-2.4.3 --with-ssl=/usr/openssl-1.0.1c --with- zlib --with-pcre=/usr/pcre-8.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Note that the path to OpenSSL is required in the --with-ssl parameter because I don't want to link to the included RedHat OpenSSL version due to PCI requirements. (too old) This runs for a while and then I get the following fatal error: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /usr/bin/ld: /usr/openssl-1.0.1c/lib/libssl.a(s3_srvr.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/openssl-1.0.1c/lib/libssl.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[4]: *** [mod_ssl.la] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/tmp/httpd-2.4.3/modules/ssl' make[3]: *** [shared-build-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/httpd-2.4.3/modules/ssl' make[2]: *** [shared-build-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/httpd-2.4.3/modules' make[1]: *** [shared-build-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/httpd-2.4.3' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I looked up fPIC in the GCC documentation and it says: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -fPIC If supported for the target machine, emit position-independent code, suitable for dynamic linking and avoiding any limit on the size of the global offset table. This option makes a difference on the m68k, PowerPC and SPARC. Position-independent code requires special support, and therefore works only on certain machines. When this flag is set, the macros "__pic__" and "__PIC__" are defined to 2. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Since I'm not running one of the class of machine that fPIC addresses I checked what GCC is worrying about and find: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -fpic Generate position-independent code (PIC) suitable for use in a shared library, if supported for the target machine. Such code accesses all constant addresses through a global offset table (GOT). The dynamic loader resolves the GOT entries when the program starts (the dynamic loader is not part of GCC; it is part of the operating system). If the GOT size for the linked executable exceeds a machine- specific maximum size, you get an error message from the linker indicating that -fpic does not work; in that case, recompile with -fPIC instead. (These maximums are 8k on the SPARC and 32k on the m68k and RS/6000. The 386 has no such limit.) Position-independent code requires special support, and therefore works only on certain machines. For the 386, GCC supports PIC for System V but not for the Sun 386i. Code generated for the IBM RS/6000 is always position-independent. When this flag is set, the macros "__pic__" and "__PIC__" are defined to 1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This doesn't make a lot of sense as I don't believe that the relocation table can have overflowed on a 8 Gb memory machine running nothing else but the compiler at the moment! What I **think** happened is that I am trying to link 32 bit code to 64 bit code but I have no idea how to fix that. Always assuming that I read the instructions right :-( Does anyone know how to approach debugging this? Regards, John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx