Compiling for Shared Libraries

Dear GPC Users,

I just compiled GPC from sources on both 32-bit and 64-bit Linux 
machines. On both machines, I'm running Scientific Linux 6.4, a 
derivative of Red Had Linux 6.4. The local C compiler is 4.4.7 in both 
cases.

On the 32-bit machine, I can compile from Pascal to make objects, and 
link them with libgpc.a to make a shared library. But on the 64-bit 
machine I find that I must pass -fPIC to GPC to force it to compile 
position-independent code for the subsequent link. Even then, libgpc.a 
is position-dependent, so I can't link it into a shared library. So I 
edit the GPC build's Makefile:

CFLAGS = -g -O2 -fPIC

Now I build GPC again and re-install. The new libgpc.a is 
position-independent, and I can make my shared library.

Does anyone know why the default on 64-bit is position-dependent, while 
on 32-bit it is position-independent?

Is there an easier way to add a compiler option to the build process, 
other than editing the Makefile produced by the GCC_3.4.6 configure 
script? (For example, can I pass a compiler option into the configure 
script or into the makefile.)

Anyway: I have adapted my compiler GPC instructions below, and I'll be 
adding more Linux binary install files in the coming weeks.

http://alignment.hep.brandeis.edu/Software/Pascal/Index.html

Yours, Kevan


-- 
Kevan Hashemi, Electrical Engineer
Physics Department, Brandeis University
http://alignment.hep.brandeis.edu/


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