Hi Matthew, On 24/05/13 23:54, David Griffiths wrote: > On 24/05/13 18:44, Matthew Flatt wrote: >> At Thu, 23 May 2013 14:43:18 +0100, David Griffiths wrote: >>> I've been getting a problem for some time building against the racket >>> ubuntu packages on 64 bit: >>> >>> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/libracket3m.a(salloc.o): relocation >>> R_X86_64_TPOFF32 against `scheme_thread_locals' can not be used when >>> making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC >>> >>> Any chance this can be resolved? >> >> Is this with a vanilla Racket build (e.g., no `--enable-shared')? > > Probably - this is using the packages in the main PLT ubuntu launchpad > ppa. I imagine they are built with vanilla settings. > >> And it's happening when you link your program to "libracket3m.a", as >> opposed to just building Racket, right? > > Right. > >> Is your code compiled `-fPIC' (while the Racket code isn't, I think)? > > It is indeed, as I'm building shared objects to load as racket modules. > > I'm not clear why this is a problem with 64bit and not with 32, but I am > a little rusty on this stuff...
Any ideas on where the solution to this would be? Are the Ubuntu package maintainers on this list? cheers, dave ____________________ Racket Users list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/users
