mod_perl2 and libperl.a and -fPIC...

[Peter Wemm]

On Wednesday 31 March 2004 12:07 am, Peter Losher wrote:
> I am trying to compile mod_perl2 as a DSO on my amd64 system, and cam
> across this error..
>
> -=-
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/CORE/libperl.a(perl.o):
> relocation R_X86_64_32S can not be used when making a shared object;
> recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/CORE/libperl.a: could not read
> symbols: Bad value
> *** Error code 1
>
> Stop in
> /usr/ports/www/mod_perl2/work/mod_perl-1.99_12/src/modules/perl. ***
> Error code 1
> -=-
>
> Now as I understand it perl is built w/ -fPIC (even rebuilt the port
> to be sure), so is there something else at work here?

Yeah, the perl5.6.1 port doesn't build a shared object, so it can't be 
embedded inside another shared object.

However, the perl5.8 port does have shared object support enabled.

Don't ask me why 5.6.1 doesn't do it though. :-)

> Best Wishes - Peter

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