Re: [Boost-build] building libboost_python-mt-s.so*

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] building libboost_python-mt-s.so*
From: Jürgen Hunold (jhunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-19 14:33:03

Hi Paul,

Am Montag, 19. Oktober 2015, 16:12:39 schrieb Paul Hatton:
> I then try to build graph-tool, a Python module, using this build of boost
> which fails looking for this shared library. It does find
> /gpfs/apps/boost/v1.57.0_gcc-v4.7.2/lib/libboost_python-mt-s.a but, of
> course, refuses to link against it, saying:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld:
> /gpfs/apps/boost/v1.57.0_gcc-v4.7.2/lib/libboost_python-mt-s.a(from_python.
> o):   relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when
> making a shared object;   recompile with -fPIC
> 
> which is what I'd expect when a static library is found instead of a shared
> library.

You just have to recompile the static libraries with -fPIC enabled. Add 
cxxflags=-fPIC to your commandline and rebuild everything (either b2 clean or 
add -a to force recompilation).

Yours,

Jürgen
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