Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Building rdiff 1.2 on Redhat Enterprise 5.1?

[Andrew Ferguson]

On Aug 13, 2008, at 8:41 PM, Michael Hannon wrote:
> building 'rdiff_backup._librsync' extension
> gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/_librsyncmodule.o
> -lrsync -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.4/rdiff_backup/_librsync.so
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/librsync.a(buf.o): relocation R_X86_64_32
> against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object;
> recompile with -fPIC


Rebuild librsync, but add the --enable-shared option to librsync's ./ 
configure script.

Then, you will get a librsync.so, which is a shared library (.a is a  
static library).



Andrew