Package: libmupdf-dev Version: 1.9a+ds1-1.2 Severity: important I cannot use the .a mupdf library on amd64, it fails the link step with:
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wl,-z,relro -fPIC -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/fitz/fitz_wrap.o -lmupdf -lcrypto -ljbig2dec -lopenjp2 -ljpeg -lfreetype -lmupdfthird -o /tmp/p/PyMuPDF-1.9.2/.pybuild/pythonX.Y_2.7/build/fitz/_fitz.so /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/../../../../lib/libmupdf.a(draw-device.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `fz_empty_irect' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Thanks