Hi, We ported our code to 64 bit (CentOS 5.2 64 bit). We have some static library that linked with some shared library. In 32 bit version, the shared library was successfully created. Trying to create it in with 64 bit version compiler, we get the error: /usr/bin/ld: .//libstatic.a(static.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `__gxx_personality_v0' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC .//libstatic.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status We also found that if static library is linked with shared library then it should be compiled with -fPIC option. But if the static library is linked with ELF executable it shouldn't. The questions are: 1. Does it make sense that we need to know about static library exact usage? 2. Is there an option of gcc that "generate" backward compatible (with 32 bit version) compilation/linking process? We found some explanation here http://www.technovelty.org/code/c/amd64-pic.html Thank you in advance, Alexey
