Bernhard Reutner-Fischer wrote: > On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 07:32:09PM +0800, JACOB BENJAMIN-VGH684 wrote: >> Hello ppl, > >> and ran the resultant a.out on a monta vista box >> I got an error saying something to the effect of "Can't modify text >> section. Use GCC option -fPIC for shared objects, please". >> >> I looked into the config files and echo-ed out stuff in the makefiles >> (esp Makefile.in in uClibc/librt) only to find out the CC variable is >> set to arm_v6_be_uclibc-gcc only. Using this compile the os files are >> created. >> I hardcoded "CC:= arm_v6_be_uclibc-gcc -fPIC" >> and then re-compiled uClibc and the program as well and it ran perfectly >> well. >> >> Now how and where do i make the config files to have fPIC set for the >> cross compiler?? > > > I was under the impression that we already use pic for the shared > objects, but ok. > Yes, exactly. I do think that there is some bogus asm code that is not PIC, and FORCE_SHAREBLAE_TEXT_SEGMENT is set so linker refuses loading non pic libraries.
Carmelo > $ grep FLAGS .config > UCLIBC_EXTRA_CFLAGS="" > > i.e. run 'make menuconfig' > go to the "uClibc development/debugging options" menu and set the > "Enter any extra CFLAGS to use to build uClibc" according to your needs. > > Of course you can pass UCLIBC_EXTRA_{C,LD}FLAGS down via make if you do > not want or need to keep them in your .config. > > Just as a sidenote, you should not hardcode anything in any makefile, > that's what .config is for, or a wrapper-script that passes down the > desired flags, if you really need (you shouldn't). > >> All help appreciated. > > HTH, > _______________________________________________ > uClibc mailing list > uClibc@uclibc.org > http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uclibc > _______________________________________________ uClibc mailing list uClibc@uclibc.org http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uclibc