Hello, * Timothy G Abbott [Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 02:19:14AM -0400]: > Package: mpfi > Version: 1.3.4~rc3-1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hello, > > I'm working on packaging SAGE for Debian, which links against libmpfi. > However, I'm getting linking problems on amd64 because libmpfi in debian > is not compiled with -fPIC (as it should be). > > The right solution to this is that I should link against the shared > library version of libmpfi which would be built with -fPIC. > > Making mpfi build a shared library requires some minor changes to the > Makefile.am and configure.ac files and running autotools (patch attached). > There's additional work that needs to be done in terms of setting up the > right shared library versioning and making the new shared library package > (and ideally convincing upstream to include the shared library), but I've > attached the patch I constructed to build the shared library for my > development use in case it saves you some time.
Thanks for your work on this issue. I'll see with upstream before inclusion in debian. Laurent. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
