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Description of problem:
gcc pypvm_coremodule.o \
                -o pypvm_coremodule.so \
                -shared --L. -L/usr/share/pvm3/lib/LINUXX86_64
-L/usr/share/pvm3/pvmgs/LINUXX86_64 -L/usr/lib/pvm3/lib/LINUX/ -lm -lpvm3
-lgpvm3
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/share/pvm3/lib/LINUXX86_64/libpvm3.a(lpvmcat.o): relocation
R_X86_64_32 can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/share/pvm3/lib/LINUXX86_64/libpvm3.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pvm-3.4.4-22.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. http://pypvm.sourceforge.net/pypvm-0.94.tar.gz
2. tar xzvf pypvm-0.94.tar.gz
3. cd pypvm-0.94
4. ./configure --host=i386-linux-gnu --build=i386-linux-gnu
5. patch the Makefile for python2.2 and add the pvm3 include/libs (patch joined)
6. make

this is only one example , it probably happens with every package that links
against libpvm3

Actual Results:  error at the link stage (current pvm is built without -fPIC)


Expected Results:  no error at the link stage (if pvm is built with -fPIC)

Additional info:

this one line fix the pvm issue in the pvm.spec file
[tru@sillage SPECS]$ diff -uNr pvm.spec pvm.spec.new 
--- pvm.spec    2004-06-25 18:46:31.000000000 +0200
+++ pvm.spec.new        2005-05-20 15:39:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@
 # Patch the LINUXX86_64.def file to look in lib64 dirs as well for libraries.
 for I in S390X X86_64 PPC64; do
 perl -p -i -e "s|ARCHDLIB      =|ARCHDLIB      = -L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/lib64|" conf/LINUX$I.def
+perl -p -i -e "s|ARCHCFLAGS    =|ARCHCFLAGS    = -fPIC |" conf/LINUX$I.def
 perl -p -i -e "s|ARCHLIB       =|ARCHLIB       = -L/usr/lib64 -L/usr/X11R6/lib64|" conf/LINUX$I.def
+
 done
 
 %define pvm_arch %(echo %{_os}%{_target_cpu} | tr 'a-z' 'A-Z')