------- Comment #4 from ddenisen at altera dot com 2008-06-27 20:34 ------- Here's the answer to my question (in case somebody else has the same problem):
You have to use -fPIC for compiling the executable itself (but not the shared objects) to fix the symbol resolution problem described here. I was originally omitting -fPIC for both SOs and EXE. and here's some background info about -fPIC removal: - Not using -fPIC only works on x86 architecture (but not even on x86_64) because it allows code pages to be both writable and executable. Not using -fPIC works because the linker creates text relocations (http://people.redhat.com/drepper/textrelocs.html) all over code that dynamic loader fixes up when SO/EXE is loaded. - Having code pages writable and executable is a huge security thread, so don't create text relocations if you care about security of your app. - x86_64 arch allows RIP-related addressing, making position-independent code virtually free. So don't worry about using PIC for 64-bit apps. -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=35499
