Re: [Boost-users] relocation R_X86_64_32 against

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] relocation R_X86_64_32 against
From: Jason Roehm (jasonr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-03-03 20:10:02

On Mar 3, 2014, at 7:00 PM, Matthieu Brucher <matthieu.brucher_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>> You need to use the -fPIC option when building your code also. Any object
>> files that are to be placed into a static library for the x86_64
>> architecture must be compiled using position-independent code.
> 
> That's not exactly true. Only code that can end up in a _shared_
> library (i.e. source code of a shared library or a static library that
> is linked against a shared library) needs to be compiled with this
> option.

Thanks. I swapped the static/shared library type in my description before. I concur with your explanation. 

Jason