I'm not sure if this is a problem with python or not. I'm trying to compile up mod_python to point to /usr/bin/python2.4 (RH has /usr/bin/python2.3 already installed to I don't want to mess with /usr/bin/python). When it gets to linking in /usr/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a I get the following error:
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(abstract.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a: could not read symbols: Bad value I did some poking around and according to Gentoo's website (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3) it appears that this is due to the fact that libpython2.4.a was not intially built with -fPIC, which it seems is required for AMD64 (so I'm assuming it's also required for my intel x86_64). Is this a bug in the configure script for python or did I just not set something correctly? Respectfully, Christopher Taylor -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
