"relocation R_X86_64_32 againa a local symbol" error

[Toon Knapen]

I know that this 'problem with gcc on amd64' has been reported multiple 
times on the net but I actually never found detailed info on what is 
actually going wrong here and why the problem is only on 64bit. I also 
want to understand what is actually happening and thus how to avoid 
(possible) problems in the future.

I also for instance tried a small test-case where I link a static 
library, compiled without the -fPIC option, into a dynamic library. But 
I do not get any error when linking this on an opteron although I would 
have expected it.

I would be very gratefull if anybody can point me to some webpage with 
detailed info (I found plenty of discussions where it was advised to use 
the -fPIC option but nothing more)

thanks in advance,

toon


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