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Bug#426710: Build with -fPIC and add libkpathsea4 Depends to libkpathsea-dev



On Do, 2007-05-31 at 18:03 +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
> I've been told on IRC that if the .so symlink points to a missing file,
> the .a file is taken as a fallback.  That explains how the build
> failed.  
> 
> Whether it make any sense to have PIC code in a .a file has been debated
> lively after I asked, I'm not sure there was a consensus.

Thanks for letting me know. The fallback makes sense. Just weird that
Mandriva seemed to have a similar problem.

Have a nice day,
 Daniel

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