"Yang Tse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When static libraries are built for AMD64 linux they _must_ be > compiled using PIC, otherwise linkage will fail. > > The attached patch is the same solution I've contributed to libcurl, > and which has proven to be efective. > > The 'trick' is to set to 'yes' variable 'with_pic' for x86_64 linux > BEFORE the AC_PROG_LIBTOOL call in configure.in
I believe this is the wrong solution -- you shouldn't be mixing static libraries (non-PIC) with shared libraries (PIC). Either use the shared PIC library of libssh2, or build libssh2 using './configure --with-pic'. If we install this, it will make all x86_64 libssh2.a files be compiled with PIC information, which is unnecessary and will slow things down. If you strongly need static PIC libraries, I suggest creating 'libssh2_pic.a' which would be a static library compiled with PIC-information. I've seen this approach being used in Debian, and it seems to be a better solution. /Simon ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ libssh2-devel mailing list libssh2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libssh2-devel
