[Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards

[Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards

[Bill Nottingham]

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Branden Robinson (branden@progeny.com) said: 
> The tests were conducted using a patched version of 4.1.0 for Debian and
> Progeny that works around a problem with PIC symbols being absent in static
> libraries, which powerpc, ia64, and hppa (among possible others) do not
> tolerate.  At the same time, PIC symbols in X server modules cause the X
> server to segfault.  I'll be submitting this patch to XFree86 shortly.

That's easily fixed with config hackery. I'm surprised this hasn't
been added yet.

Bill

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--- XFree86-4.0.1/xc/config/cf/Imake.rules.shared	Tue Sep 26 02:25:48 2000
+++ XFree86-4.0.1/xc/config/cf/Imake.rules	Tue Sep 26 02:13:57 2000
@@ -2015,11 +2015,11 @@
  * NormalLibObjCompile - compile fragment for a normal library object file
  */
 #ifndef NormalLibObjCompile
-#define NormalLibObjCompile(options) ObjectCompile(options)
+#define NormalLibObjCompile(options) ObjectCompile(options $(PICFLAGS))
 #endif
 
 #ifndef NormalLibObjCplusplusCompile
-#define NormalLibObjCplusplusCompile(options) ObjectCplusplusCompile(options)
+#define NormalLibObjCplusplusCompile(options) ObjectCplusplusCompile(options $(PICFLAGS))
 #endif
 
 /*

[Linux-ia64] Re: XFree86 4.1.0, Linux/ia64, and various video cards

[Branden Robinson]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 05:13:37PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Branden Robinson (branden@progeny.com) said: 
> > The tests were conducted using a patched version of 4.1.0 for Debian and
> > Progeny that works around a problem with PIC symbols being absent in static
> > libraries, which powerpc, ia64, and hppa (among possible others) do not
> > tolerate.  At the same time, PIC symbols in X server modules cause the X
> > server to segfault.  I'll be submitting this patch to XFree86 shortly.
> 
> That's easily fixed with config hackery. I'm surprised this hasn't
> been added yet.

The fix you posted has been tested, but doesn't catch all the cases.  I'll
be posting my patch in a few minutes.

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