Re: fPIC used to build packages
On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 23:45, John Schmidt wrote:
>
> I have installed mpich from Debian/testing. The code I am running fails to
> load because of the R_PPC_REL24 relocation error which I suspect is due to
> mpich not being compiled with -fPIC. I am downloading the source now (over a
> slow modem) so can't confirm my suspicions. I built mpich on a YDL box
> myself and had to enable -fPIC in the build (along with enabling -fPIC in my
> application building process). If in fact I see that mpich was not built
> with -fPIC, is this considered a bug on the powerpc platforms,
It's probably considered a bug on any architecture, our policy requires
shared objects to be built with -fPIC.
> and if so, who do I report it to?
Report a bug against the package, possibly including a patch. See
http://bugs.debian.org .
> I am doing apt-get source mpich. Is there an easier way to see the
> configuration line used to build a package other than downloading the whole
> thing?
Possibly in the buildlog, available at
http://buildd.debian.org/build.php
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
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