Re: ticket #627: pari 2.3.2 build fix for Linux PPC 32 bit

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 10:01:35PM +0200, Karim Belabas wrote:
> * Michael.Abshoff [2007-09-09 18:18]:
> > I am a Sage developer who has ported Sage to 32 bit PPC Linux. While 
> > doing so I come across the following issue: Linux PPC need -fPIC 
> > otherwise pari compiles and links fine, but upon execution we get the 
> > following error:
> > 
> > [mabshoff@localhost sage-2.8.4]$ gp
> > gp: error while loading shared libraries: 
> > /tmp/Work/sage-2.8.4/spkg/build/pari-2.3.2.p1/src/Olinux-ppc/libpari-gmp.so.2: 
> > R_PPC_REL24 relocation at 0x0fc77278 for symbol `sqrt' out of range
> > 
> > The fix is obvious: add -fPIC to DLCFLAGS for linux-ppc.  A path can be 
> > found at
> > 
> > http://fsmath.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/~mabshoff/patches/pari-add_-fPIC_to_DLCFLAGS_for_PPC_Linux.patch

Well I cannot reproduce this issue with either binutils 2.15 or
binutils 2.17 on debian-ppc, but this might have changed with newer versions,
like on alpha.  Which distribution and release of binutils are you using ?

We should adress the issue for non-Linux system using binutils as well.

Cheers,
Bill.