Package: libgeographiclib-dev Version: 1.21-1 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
I war trying to build a shared library that uses some coordinates conversion routines implemented by geographic lib. I need to distribute my shared library (it will be used by a python application). I would not like my application to depend on package libgeographic (that is, I would like to avoid that the user needs to install or copy /usr/lib/libGeographic.so.9 in it's system) For these reasons I need to embed in my library the object code that is in libGeographic.a But while doing this, the compiler complains that: /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.7/../../../../lib/libGeographic.a(MGRS.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `_ZTVN13GeographicLib13GeographicErrE' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC This happens (in my understanding) because the MGRS.o was compiled from MGRS.cpp without passing the -fPIC option to the compiler. So, please consider adding this option to your compiler build; without this option, the libGeographic.a can be used only to build self-contained executables and not self-contained libraries, that are preferred/needed when you are trying to integrate the library in a cpython environment (in my case I was trying to deliver a QGIS plugin). Thanks, larzeni -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.2 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libgeographiclib-dev depends on: ii libgeographiclib9 1.21-1 libgeographiclib-dev recommends no packages. libgeographiclib-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org