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Bug 442678 - app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.05.21.724730 fails to compile without the PIC flag
Summary: app-emulation/open-vm-tools-2012.05.21.724730 fails to compile without the PI...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2012-11-11 07:02 UTC by Anton Bolshakov
Modified: 2012-11-11 07:11 UTC (History)
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build.log (build.log,696.54 KB, text/plain)
2012-11-11 07:02 UTC, Anton Bolshakov 		Details
emerge --info (emerge.txt,15.95 KB, text/plain)
2012-11-11 07:02 UTC, Anton Bolshakov 		Details
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Description Anton Bolshakov 2012-11-11 07:02:07 UTC 
Created attachment 329178 [details]
build.log

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: ../lib/unicode/.libs/libUnicode.a(unicodeSimple
Types.o): warning: relocation against `Unicode_GetCurrentEncoding' in readonly section `.text'.
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: .libs/libvmtools_la-vmtoolsConfig.o: relocation
 R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `VMTools_WriteConfig' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.5.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [libvmtools.la] Error 1
Comment 1 Anton Bolshakov 2012-11-11 07:02:31 UTC 
Created attachment 329180 [details]
emerge --info
Comment 2 Anton Bolshakov 2012-11-11 07:11:22 UTC 
after an additional check I found that the flag is enforced by +pic, but 
my profile disables it.

Marking the bug as an invalid.