Bug 109731

Summary:	wpa_supplicant tries to link static against shared lib
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Gustavo Felisberto (RETIRED) <humpback>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Mobile Herd (OBSOLETE) <mobile+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	vanquirius
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	109732

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.