On Wed, 2002-04-10 at 23:45, John Schmidt wrote: > > I have installed mpich from Debian/testing. The code I am running fails to > load because of the R_PPC_REL24 relocation error which I suspect is due to > mpich not being compiled with -fPIC. I am downloading the source now (over a > slow modem) so can't confirm my suspicions. I built mpich on a YDL box > myself and had to enable -fPIC in the build (along with enabling -fPIC in my > application building process). If in fact I see that mpich was not built > with -fPIC, is this considered a bug on the powerpc platforms,
It's probably considered a bug on any architecture, our policy requires shared objects to be built with -fPIC. > and if so, who do I report it to? Report a bug against the package, possibly including a patch. See http://bugs.debian.org . > I am doing apt-get source mpich. Is there an easier way to see the > configuration line used to build a package other than downloading the whole > thing? Possibly in the buildlog, available at http://buildd.debian.org/build.php -- Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
