Issue on X86_64?

[Lorenzo Pesce]

Thanks a lot for your kinds replied Andrew,

>> However, when I get to X86 (whether Intel or AMD) it does not work
>> anymore. I can compile the files, and build the static library  
>> libroc.a.
>> It works fine and I can move it from AMD to intel (not the other way
>> around, but I assume it is a problem with my installation). However,
>> when I try to build a dynamically linked library, gcc complains that
>> "Relocation R_X86_64_32 against 'a local symbol' can not be used
>> when making a share object; recompile with -fPIC"
>> then it tells me it can't read symbols .o because it is a bad value.
>
> You need to compile everything that goes into a dynamically linked
> library with -fPIC.

I have to admit my ignorance on compilers building, but once i
download unpack and so on the gcc compiler package, I can't
figure out in which of the hundreds of lines of the  various makefiles
or configuration files I should put the -fPIC flag.
>>

Forgive my naive question,

  Lorenzo