Hi, this might be helpful: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3
On 12/28/08, E Drummond <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have just tried to compile IceCat on my Lunar Linux box, and it was > running file for quite a while until: > > /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/libX11.a(ChkIfEv.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a > local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with > -fPIC > /usr/lib/libX11.a: could not read symbols: Bad value > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[3]: *** [libxul.so] Error 1 > > What is happening here? Does it want me to recompile X11 with -fPIC or > IceCat? And what exactly does recompiling with -fPIC involve? > > Thanks, > Erin > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org > > -- http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
