Re: Build failure in x11/kde-workspace4 after the recent native xorg upgrade.

[David Holland <dholland-pkgusers%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 01:41:35PM -0600, Sverre Froyen wrote:
 > On NetBSD-current amd64 native X (with the latest native xorg
 > updates) x11/kde-workspace4 fails to build with the error:
 > 
 > Linking CXX shared library ../../../lib/libkfontinstui.so
 > ld: 
 > /usr/pkgsrc/x11/kde-workspace4/work.x86_64/.buildlink/lib/libXft.a(xftfont.o):
 >  relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making 
 > a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
 > /usr/pkgsrc/x11/kde-workspace4/work.x86_64/.buildlink/lib/libXft.a: could 
 > not read symbols: Bad value
 > gmake[2]: *** [lib/libkfontinstui.so.4.10.3] Error 1
 > 
 > Repointing the symbolic link,
 > x11/kde-workspace4/work.x86_64/.buildlink/lib/libXft.a from
 > /usr/pkg/share/x11-links/lib/libXft.a to
 > /usr/X11R7/lib/libXft_pic.a makes the build
 > work. /usr/pkg/share/x11-links/lib/libXft.a points to
 > /usr/X11R7/lib/libXft.a.

...the question really, though, is why it's trying to link in a static
library.

-- 
David A. Holland
dholland%netbsd.org@localhost