Re: static libperl?

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> Earlier today I noticed these lines in this buildfarm log
> http://www.pgbuildfarm.org/cgi-bin/show_log.pl?nm=platypus&dt=2005-08-16%2002:05:00
>
>
> ccache gcc -O3 -pipe -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith
> -Wendif-labels -fno-strict-aliasing -g -fPIC -DPIC -shared
> -Wl,-x,-soname,libplperl.so.0 plperl.o spi_internal.o SPI.o
> -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/CORE
> -L../../../src/port -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-E
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -lperl -lm
> -lc -lcrypt -lutil -Wl,-R/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/CORE -o
> libplperl.so.0
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/CORE/libperl.a(perl.o):
> relocation R_X86_64_32S can not be used when making a shared object;
> recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.6.1/mach/CORE/libperl.a: could not read symbols:
> Bad value
>
>
> Does that mean that we are attempting to link against a static
> libperl.a? I thought we were supposed to inhibit that.

That error definitely comes from trying to link code that's not built
with -fPIC, usually what's found in static archives, into a shared
object. IIRC, the PostgreSQL configure scripts and Makefiles directly
query Perl for the right options, e.g. cccdlflags, to pass to the
compiler and linker to link with libperl. How is Perl built on this
FreeBSD box? Is it from the ports collection or is it a vanilla build?
I think the ports collection ensures that "-Duseshrplib" is passed to
the Perl Configure script to force a shared libperl to be built.

Cheers,

-- Johnny Lam <jlam(at)NetBSD(dot)org>