[fpc-devel] shared libraries on x86_64 Linux ?

[Dominique Leducq]

Hello,

I'm new to this list (and to Free Pascal...)

What are the news from bug #6618 (ex 4733), on building shared libraries on a x86_64 architecture?
http://www.freepascal.org/mantis/view.php?id=6618

I did some tests, and it seems to bee still present in 2.0.2 and current 2.1.1 snapshot (I encountered no problems with i386).
In the BTS I see that the status is still new,open, and there seems to have been no activity on this bug since its submission.

I also had a look at the thread "Hitting bug 4733" on this list
http://lists.freepascal.org/lists/fpc-devel/2006-April/007514.html
and to http://community.freepascal.org:10000/bboards/message?message_id=152498&forum_id=24083
in the forums (AMD64 shared library link problem)

Has anybody had a look at it?
If yes, does it seem to be hard to fix?
Is it the PIC generation that is broken for x86_64?
Please tell me if there are any plans on the matter. I'm quite willing to help, but would appreciate a little help...

Thanks a lot,

Dominique Leducq