Lorenzo Pesce wrote: > Thanks a lot for your kinds replied Andrew, > >>> However, when I get to X86 (whether Intel or AMD) it does not work >>> anymore. I can compile the files, and build the static library libroc.a. >>> It works fine and I can move it from AMD to intel (not the other way >>> around, but I assume it is a problem with my installation). However, >>> when I try to build a dynamically linked library, gcc complains that >>> "Relocation R_X86_64_32 against 'a local symbol' can not be used >>> when making a share object; recompile with -fPIC" >>> then it tells me it can't read symbols .o because it is a bad value. >> >> You need to compile everything that goes into a dynamically linked >> library with -fPIC. > > I have to admit my ignorance on compilers building, but once i > download unpack and so on the gcc compiler package, I can't > figure out in which of the hundreds of lines of the various makefiles > or configuration files I should put the -fPIC flag. Don't mess with gcc's makefiles. gcc already builds all of its files correctly. When you use gcc to build *your* libraries, *you* must compile everything with -fPIC. Andrew.
