Here you go. Shall I take out the static linking from the easyconfig, or is that too hack-like?
~$ cat /etc/redhat-release Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.6 (Santiago) ~$ uname -a Linux bnbmgmt2.blacknblue.cshl.edu 2.6.32-504.12.2.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Feb 1 12:14:02 EST 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux ~$ which gcc /usr/bin/gcc ~$ gcc --version gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-16) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ~$ From: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Ward Poelmans <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 at 11:11 AM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [easybuild] binutils for foss/2016a On 03-05-16 17:00, Heywood, Todd wrote: *** static library /sonas-hs/it/hpc/home/easybuild/install_sbox/software/Core/zlib/1.2.8/lib/libz.a is not portable! That's weird. It seems -fPIC is needed when compiling zlib. Very strange that this didn't happen automatically. On what system are you building this? Ward

