The static libnetlink.a library is exposed to other users in Debian via the "iproute-dev" package. Apparently people are interested in using it in their shared libraries and would like to see the code be position independent.
Patch below makes the code under lib/ build with -fPIC. See http://bugs.debian.org/547602 Signed-off-by: Andreas Henriksson <andr...@fatal.se> diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile index bc270bf..da2f0fc 100644 --- a/lib/Makefile +++ b/lib/Makefile @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +CFLAGS += -fPIC UTILOBJ=utils.o rt_names.o ll_types.o ll_proto.o ll_addr.o inet_proto.o -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
