[fpc-devel] shared libraries on x86_64 Linux ?

[Florian Klaempfl]

Dominique Leducq wrote:
> 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?

The problem is that we don't want to compile the default rtl with PIC.

> Is it the PIC generation that is broken for x86_64?

Afaik not.

> Please tell me if there are any plans on the matter. I'm quite willing to help, but would appreciate a little help...

You simply need to rebuild the rtl with PIC.

> 
> Thanks a lot,
> 
> Dominique Leducq
> 
> 
> 
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