From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Roskin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Makefile: set USE_PIC on Linux x86_64 for linking with Git.pm Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:52:25 -0400 Message-ID: <1151527945.1619.17.camel@dv> References: <20060628183557.GA5713@fiberbit.xs4all.nl> <7vr719159v.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7virml14za.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20060628192145.GD5713@fiberbit.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Jun 28 22:52:51 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fvh1X-00056V-3g for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:52:35 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751526AbWF1Uwc (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:52:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751527AbWF1Uwc (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:52:32 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]:9703 "EHLO fencepost.gnu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751523AbWF1Uwb (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:52:31 -0400 Received: from proski by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Fvh1R-0004eL-0E for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:52:29 -0400 Received: from proski by dv.roinet.com with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Fvh1N-0000Xj-Di; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:52:25 -0400 To: Marco Roeland In-Reply-To: <20060628192145.GD5713@fiberbit.xs4all.nl> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.7.3 (2.7.3-4) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 21:21 +0200, Marco Roeland wrote: > I certainly do not know cases outside Linux where this might break on > x86-64. I just tried to limit it to the case I could test. But perhaps > someone with an x86-64 BSD or Solaris might try it? > > To paraphrase Dave Jones: I type 'make', it fails. Some 'git log' later > I realise I have to manually define 'USE_PIC'. Hey, why doesn't it work > automagically? Automagically? You should search the archives for "Autoconf". When I proposed using it, the hell broke loose. Now let me indulge in Schadenfreude :-) I guess I'll need to argue with a working patch next time. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin