Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:50:36 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, 'Kris Kennaway' <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: -fPIC for a port that is just a library on amd64? Message-ID: <20060419175036.GA71370@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <023e01c663d7$9a10d270$0202fea9@aus.pervasive.com> References: <20060419173254.GB70979@xor.obsecurity.org> <023e01c663d7$9a10d270$0202fea9@aus.pervasive.com>
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On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 12:35:07PM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 09:52:38AM -0500, Larry Rosenman wrote:
> >> What's the best way to get a port to add -fPIC to the compile for a
> >> port that generates just an archive library (textproc/libxdiff)?
> >>=20
> >> I was able to force the issue with CFLAGS=3D-fPIC make;CFLAGS=3D-fpic
> >> make install, but it would be nice if the port could do it
> >> automagically.=20
> >=20
> > It would be nice if the software was already correct so it happened
> > automatically :-)
> >=20
> >> The issue is that the pecl-xdiff extension uses this library and
> >> wants to be a shared object.
> >=20
> > If it's only compiling a shared library object (not static object or
> > other binaries), then adding CFLAGS+=3D -fPIC to the port makefile is
> > acceptable. Better, add it to the software makefile and contribute
> > your patch back upstream.
> >=20
> > Kris
>=20
> It's just compiling a static object (a libxdiff.a).
>=20
> I just submitted a patch to the port that if ${MACHINE} =3D=3D amd64=20
> I do the CFLAGS+=3D -fPIC
> but I'm not sure that's acceptable to you folks on portmgr.
How is this object used? Is it really supposed to be static?
Kris
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