[Apologies for the top-post. Outlook does not properly handle bottom-posting when replying to HTML email, and doesn't properly convert HTML email to plain text, either. A pox on HTML email and Outlook and MIME and all their ilk.]
You've built OpenSSL as a static library, and now you're trying to link it into a shared object. The ELF object file format requires that all code linked into a shared object be position-independent. Static libraries (i.e., ar archives of object files) can contain objects that are compiled as position-independent, but they can also contain objects that are not. In this case, you have an OpenSSL build that is not position-independent code. You need to reconfigure to force the generation of position-independent code (via the -fPIC flag, as the error message says) and rebuild OpenSSL. If memory serves, just adding the "shared" token to your Configure command line should suffice, since I think in that mode the OpenSSL makefiles compile with -fPIC (on platforms where that's appropriate) and then create both shared objects and static libraries. If that doesn't work, you could just edit Configure, find the target you're using, and add -fPIC to its compiler options list. Michael Wojcik Technology Specialist Micro Focus michael.woj...@microfocus.com<mailto:michael.woj...@microfocus.com> 519 West Ash Street Mason, MI 48854-1553 Direct: +1 517 639 0892 Mobile : +1 517 862 9464 From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of James Butler Sent: Thursday, 17 April, 2014 09:51 To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Getting error for libcrypto.a file in openssl-1.0.1g when making php I am getting this error from an openssl-1.0.1g file when trying to make php-5.4.23 /usr/bin/ld: /opt/openssl-1.0.1g/lib/libcrypto.a(cversion.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /opt/openssl-1.0.1g/lib/libcrypto.a: could not read symbols: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [libphp5.la<http://libphp5.la>] Error 1 Can anyone tell me why this is happening? I was able to build php with openssl-1.0.1f so why is this error coming up with 1.0.1g? This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com
