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Bug 109731 - wpa_supplicant tries to link static against shared lib
Summary: wpa_supplicant tries to link static against shared lib
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal
Assignee: Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE)
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Blocks: 109732
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Reported: 2005-10-18 13:24 UTC by Gustavo Felisberto (RETIRED)
Modified: 2005-12-29 15:52 UTC (History)
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Description Gustavo Felisberto (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-18 13:24:13 UTC 
About opensc I am not 100% sure, because i changed the ebuild to use it, kept
getting errors and then changed libassuan to have -fPIC. This needs fixing so
that wpa_supplicant may work when builted with ssl.

I can add patches for this altought they are trivial.
Comment 1 Danny van Dyk (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-11-06 07:18:58 UTC 
Gustavo: Adding -fPIC is not good for static libraries. On the other hand, we
can't turn libassuan into a shared lib (Authors explicitly state this in README).

On the other hand, wpa_supplicant devs should now that linking a sharedlib against 
a static one is a no-no.
Comment 2 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-12-29 15:30:49 UTC 
I can't make any sense out of this bug report. Which library is linked statically by which application?

Please provide relevant information and output from the commands which lead you to this conclusion.
Comment 3 Henrik Brix Andersen 2005-12-29 15:52:52 UTC 
Oh, and always provide the output of `emerge --info` when reporting a bug.