Package: iptables-dev Version: 1.3.3-2 Severity: normal Tags: patch I'm trying to link a shared library (specifically, a Python C Module) against libiptc.a. This works fine on x86. On amd64, however, the linking fails with a R_X86_64_32S relocation error; specifically:
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.3/iptintmodule.o -liptc -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.3/iptint.so /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/3.4.6/../../../../lib/libiptc.a(libip4tc.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `iptc_free' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/3.4.6/../../../../lib/libiptc.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1 Apparently this is because shared objects always use Position Independent Code, while libiptc.a is currently compiled without -fPIC. For some reason, it works correctly on x86 regardless. This can be fixed by a trivial change to 'pkg_dir/debian/build/iptables-1.3.3/Makefile', adding -fPIC to the CFLAGS. The attached trivial patch does just that, if placed in 'pkg_dir/patches/all/' and subsequently applied by the Debian build scripts. Afaict, this completely fixes the problem for me. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-dana Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) -- no debconf information
--- old/iptables-1.3.3/Makefile 2006-03-23 17:34:57.000000000 +0100 +++ new/iptables-1.3.3/Makefile 2006-03-23 17:25:12.000000000 +0100 @@ -34 +34 @@ -COPT_FLAGS:=-O2 +COPT_FLAGS:=-O2 -fPIC
