Libtool and Support for Shared Libraries (3)

[Greg Banks]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 07:58 AM, Bron Gondwana wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 08:54 AM, Greg Banks wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 12:27 AM, Bron Gondwana wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > /usr/bin/ld.bfd.real: /usr/lib/libcom_err.a(error_message.o): relocation
> > > R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared
> > > object; recompile with -fPIC
> > > /usr/lib/libcom_err.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
> > >
> > > 
> > > So what am I doing wrong,
> > 
> > Nothing.
> > 
> > > or in the alternative what is the build system
> > > doing wrong?
> > 
> > There is a path through configure.ac which sets
> > 
> >      COM_ERR_LIBS="${with_com_err}/lib/libcom_err.a"
> > 
> > and COM_ERR_LIBS gets used to link against shared libraries in
> > Makefile.am
> > 
> > imap_libcyrus_imap_la_LIBADD = $(COM_ERR_LIBS) $(LIB_UUID)
> > ...
> > sieve_libcyrus_sieve_la_LIBADD = $(COM_ERR_LIBS)
> > ...
> > 
> > I would guess you did something like
> > 
> > ./configure --with-com_err=/usr
> > 
> > but you should be able to get a better result by just dropping the
> > option entirely.
> 
> Ahh, yep - so I was!  Looking better now :)

It's a bug; --with_com_err=/usr should be the same as no option.  Raise
a bugzilla ticket.

> 
> libtool: install: warning: `sieve/libcyrus_sieve.la' has not been
> installed in `/usr/cyrus-future/lib'
> libtool: install: warning: `lib/libcyrus.la' has not been installed in
> `/usr/cyrus-future/lib'
> libtool: install: warning: `lib/libcyrus_min.la' has not been installed
> in `/usr/cyrus-future/lib'
> libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c sieve/.libs/sievec
> /usr/src/cyrus-future-build/cyrus/debian/cyrus-future/usr/cyrus-future/bin/sievec
> 
> but that's only a warning :)

Yeah, libtool warnings...grumble mumble...

-- 
Greg.