Re: Build failure - xorg libXext - port amd64

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 05:28:01AM -0800, Paul Goyette wrote:
> All sources updated moments ago ...
> 
> #     build  libXext/libXext.so.7.1
> rm -f libXext.so.7.1
> /build/netbsd-local/tools/x86_64/amd64/bin/x86_64--netbsd-gcc  -Wl,-nostdlib 
> -B/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/usr/lib/ 
> -B/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/usr/lib/  -Wl,-x -shared 
> -Wl,-soname,libXext.so.7 -Wl,--warn-shared-textrel -o libXext.so.7.1  
> -Wl,--whole-archive libXext_pic.a  -Wl,--no-whole-archive 
> -L/build/netbsd-local/obj/amd64/external/mit/xorg/lib/libX11/dynamic -lX11    
> -Wl,-rpath-link,/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/lib:/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/usr/lib
>   -L/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/lib  
> -Wl,-rpath-link,/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/usr/X11R7/lib  
> -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R7/lib  -L/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/usr/X11R7/lib   
> -L/build/netbsd-local/dest/amd64/usr/lib
> /build-out/netbsd-local/tools/x86_64/amd64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64--netbsd/4.1.3/../../../../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld:
>  warning: dynamic relocation in readonly section `xgeExtRegister'
> /build-out/netbsd-local/tools/x86_64/amd64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64--netbsd/4.1.3/../../../../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld:
>  libXext_pic.a(extutil.pico): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol 
> `xgeExtRegister' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with 
> -fPIC
> /build-out/netbsd-local/tools/x86_64/amd64/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64--netbsd/4.1.3/../../../../x86_64--netbsd/bin/ld:
>  final link failed: Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> *** [libXext.so.7.1] Error code 1
> nbmake: stopped in /build/netbsd-local/src/external/mit/xorg/lib/libXext
> 1 error

Just a datapoint: with the same source, my amd64 build fails in the same
way, but the i386 build succeeds.

Cheers,

Patrick