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Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:16:16 -0300
From: Gerardo Herzig <gherzig@fmed.uba.ar>
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To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Subject: Re: compiling plpython compilation error (solved)
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Tom Lane wrote:

>Gerardo Herzig <gherzig@fmed.uba.ar> writes:
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>>Hi all. Im having a hard time trying to compile the plpython package.
>>This is the error make gives me:
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>>/usr/lib/python2.5/config/libpython2.5.a(abstract.o): relocation 
>>R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a 
>>shared object; recompile with -fPIC
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>Well, I'd try following the error message's advice: use -fPIC not
>-fpic.  Note that it's not real clear whether this needs to be done
>for plpython, or libpython, or perhaps both; so you might well be
>in for making a custom libpython installation.
>
>			regards, tom lane
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Yes, i was trying to recompile plpy with -fPIC with no success, 
recompiling *python* with -fPIC did work.

Thanks!!
Gerardo