pam_debug.o: gp-relative relocation against dynamic symbol _pam_token_returns

pam_debug.o: gp-relative relocation against dynamic symbol _pam_token_returns

[Will L G]

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When ever I attempt to compile Linux-Pam, I receive the following error
immediately after running 'make':

/usr/bin/ld: dynamic/pam_debug.o: gp-relative relocation against dynamic
symbol _pam_token_returns
/usr/bin/ld: dynamic/pam_debug.o: gp-relative relocation against dynamic
symbol _pam_token_returns
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [pam_debug.so] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
make: *** [modules] Error 2

I've included the pertinent information supplied at
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html), the actual
error msg generated and system information. One other thing, I've tried
different versions of "Binutils" but the error persists. I've even tried
different versions of GCC but unfortunately GCC 2.96 was considered
'unacceptable' by the config script.  Thank you, Will L G

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Re: pam_debug.o: gp-relative relocation against dynamic symbol _pam_token_returns

[Thorsten Kranzkowski]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:50:13PM -0600, Will L G wrote:
> When ever I attempt to compile Linux-Pam, I receive the following error
> immediately after running 'make':
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: dynamic/pam_debug.o: gp-relative relocation against dynamic
> symbol _pam_token_returns


Always use '-fpic' in CFLAGS when compiling for shared objects (.so)
Otherwise (as in your case) the compiler is allowed to emit machine code
that may not work in shared objects.
When I was hit by this error, the offending library was istself linked to 
another, static library. This isn't allowed either. IIRC my fix was compiling
that .a library with -fpic :)


Thorsten


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