error Compile shared libraries with -fPIC - shared-libraries

While I run snmpd daemon on powerpc board(a.p.) I am getting this error:
R_PPC_REL24: Compile shared libraries with -fPIC!
/usr/local/sbin/snmpd: symbol 'strlen': can't handle reloc type 0xa in lib
/lib/libnetsnmpmibs.so.15'
sh: you need to specify whom to kill
I googled and found that the -fPIC flag should be there while compiling and its place should be right after gcc, so I changed my Makefie accordingly. Here is a snippet of my makefile:
$(Q)cd $(PROJECT_BUILD_DIR)/$(NET_SNMP_PKG) && ./configure --target=$(TARGET_TRIPLET) \
--host=$(HOST_TRIPLET) \
--build=$(BUILD_TRIPLET) \
--with-cc="$(CR_COMPLR)gcc -fPIC" \`
--with-cflags="-Os -I$(RFS)/lib -I$(NMS_DIR)/include" \`
--with-linkcc="$(CR_COMPLR)gcc -fPIC" \`
As you can see I embedded -fPIC right after gcc, but I am still getting an error. I have cross compiled for powerpc platform and I am using latest buildroot-2011.11 and gcc 4.3.6 and uClibc version 0.9.32. What may be the cause of error?
P.S. When I do nm libnetsnmpmibs.so.15 | grep strlen then I get output as U strlen. Does this mean it is undefined?

I got the problem. actually the main thing is to compile with -fPIC only.
In my case I was compiling snmp libraries with -fPIC correctly but some of the functions were dependent on libraries of other packages (nms). As I am working on firmware development there are more than 20 packages involved. So I compiled nms libraries with -fPIC and error is resolved.

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I am compiling a C++ application on Ubuntu 18.04.
The linker is unable to pickup the required functions from the library or it is not locating the right library
I have libcurl.so located at /usr/local/lib
nm -D lists all the functions I need with T prefix. Yet when I compile as follows
g++ -std=c++17 -lcurl tz.o main.o
I get
/usr/bin/ld: tz.o: in function 'date::curl_global()':
tz.cpp:(.text+0x9aef): undefined reference to 'curl_global_init'
I tried installing openssl-dev. No joy. So I uninstalled it.
try
g++ -std=c++17 tz.o main.o -lcurl
instead... g++ is shit in some ways, like argument ordering. (all i did was to make -lcurl the last argument instead of argument #3)

Is it possible to compile a standalone Fortran executable in Linux?

For example, consider that I wrote a Fortran program in one computer and want to run it on another computer which may not have required libraries and/or has a different compiler (or even better, no Fortran compiler at all). Is it possible to create an executable with all its dependencies?
I am using gfortran (7.2.1) in Fedora 26 and sometimes use LAPACK routines in my code.
Using -static option with the program
program main
write (*,*) 'Hello'
end
I get the output
gfortran -static a.f90
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lm
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
There is no error with gfortran -static-libgfortran a.f90
In Fedora, gcc does not ship by default with static libraries.
You need to install the package glibc-static for the -static option to work, as hinted in this related question.
Note that -static-libgfortran will only do static linking of the libgfortran library and that you must have static versions of your dependencies as well.
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DMD2 fails to compile shared library on Linux, amd64

I've been programming on a 32 bit machine, until recently, I upgraded to a 64 bit one. I'm using the latest version of DMD (amd64), on xubuntu 16.04 (amd64).
Before the upgrade, I could easily compile shared libs using dmd -shared 'FILES', but now, it gives an error.
I have a file named q.d:
module q;
export extern(C) int abcd(){
return 4;
}
And now when I do dmd -shared 'q.d', I get this:
nafees#OptiPlex-755:~/Desktop/temp$ dmd -shared q.d
/usr/bin/ld: q.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `__dmd_personality_v0' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
q.o: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
--- errorlevel 1
and when I do dmd -shared -fPIC q.d:
nafees#OptiPlex-755:~/Desktop/temp$ dmd -shared -fPIC q.d
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(exception_224_3b4.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `__dmd_personality_v0' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a: error adding symbols: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
--- errorlevel 1
How can I get it to compile?
EDIT: The library compiles fine if I use the -m32 flag.
Oh, I just realized I know this problem, sorry it took me so long to realize it though.
You just need to compile against the shared lib Phobos as well to make the shared lib on 64 bit.
dmd -shared q -m64 -fPIC -defaultlib=libphobos2.so
The -defaultlib switch tells it to use an alternate library. By specifying the .so (as opposed to the default static link with a .a file), it uses the shared lib - which happens to be compiled with -fPIC too, so it is all compatible.
Among other advantages here is that one runtime can be shared across all the shared objects and D executables, which means a lot of things just work when you distribute them all (though note you may also need to compile the program that loads this so with the -defaultlib switch too). On 32 bit, the library isn't built with these options regardless... but the result is you can see link errors for multiple definitions in some circumstances.
The one thing to be careful though is that libphobos2.so file is now a runtime dependency too, be sure to distribute it with your own library builds together. You might need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH or install it globally for the program to start up correctly, just like any other library (and you might want to version it too btw)

musl fails to link libc.a into shared library

I have a C99 shared library that I want to link in a few statically static libraries (via --whole-archive). Note: All the static libs are built with -fPIC
I also would like to build a universal linux binary and thus have decided to use musl. When I try to link in the static libc.a from musl I get the following error:
# Building shared library tgt/Linux-x86_64/mylib/lib/mylib.so
/root/mylib/./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libmusl/bin/musl-gcc -Wl,-whole-archive -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libmusl/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libz/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libssl/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libsasl/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/librdkafka/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libcurl/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libgjalloc/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libavro/lib -L./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libunwind/lib -l:libc.a -l:libpthread.a -l:libz.a -l:libssl.a -l:libcrypto.a -l:libsasl2.a -l:libm.a -l:librt.a -l:libcrypt.a -l:libunwind-x86_64.a -l:librdkafka.a -l:libcurl.a -l:libgjalloc.a -l:libavro.a -Wl,-no-whole-archive -shared -fPIC -o tgt/Linux-x86_64/mylib/lib/mylib.so ./tgt/Linux-x86_64/mylib/obj/myfile.o ./tgt/Linux-x86_64/mylib/obj/myotherfile.o ./tgt/Linux-x86_64/mylib/obj/cJSON.o
/usr/bin/ld: ./tgt/Linux-x86_64/libmusl/lib/libc.a(exit.lo): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined hidden symbol `__fini_array_start' can not be used when making a shared object
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [tgt/Linux-x86_64/mylib/lib/mylib.so] Error 1
My musl build looks like:
cd mystatic_libs_build_dir/musl; \
./configure CFLAGS='-fPIC' \
--enable-shared \
--enable-static \
--prefix=/root/mylib/tgt/Linux-x86_64/libmusl; \
make; make install;
# libmusl is available
exit.lo will be written in assembler which is why your CFLAGS='-fPIC' is not having the effect you intend. This is either 1. a bug in 'musl' or 2. intentional and they do not support statically linking into .so's.
I would assume that it is unintentional and file a bug against 'musl'
You could also edit the asm yourself if you need a fix quickly.
Finally you might be able to configure musl to build with no asm?
Slightly off topic, but other options for a universal binary are:
Simply linking against glibc on the oldest version of Linux that you support.
Rather than struggling with a dependency on 'musl', simply use the Linux kernel api's directly.
Recompile musl as long as your own code with CFLAGS="-fPIC -Wa,-mrelax-relocations=no" (your binutils version must be >=2.27).

undefined reference when cross-compiling for ARM with static OpenCV libraries

I'm trying to compile a simple test program using static OpenCV libraries that have been compiled using an ARM compiler. But when I try to compile it with the command
$arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ `pkg-config --static opencv` -I/usr/local/include -L<path to static libary> -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_core ARMtest2.cpp -o ARMtest2
This gives
/tmp/ccxNeUbK.o: In function main':
ARMtest2.cpp:(.text+0x8a): undefined reference tocv::Mat::ones(int, int, int)'
/tmp/ccxNeUbK.o: In function cv::Mat::~Mat()':
ARMtest2.cpp:(.text._ZN2cv3MatD2Ev[_ZN2cv3MatD5Ev]+0x20): undefined reference tocv::fastFree(void*)'
/tmp/ccxNeUbK.o: In function cv::Mat::release()':
ARMtest2.cpp:(.text._ZN2cv3Mat7releaseEv[_ZN2cv3Mat7releaseEv]+0x30): undefined reference tocv::Mat::deallocate()'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
The code itself is just some simple test code that prints a Mat type variable.
I compiled the static OpenCV library with cmake-gui. I selected UNIX Makefile and then selected 'specify options for cross-compiling' where I gave the path to the ARM (arm-linux-gnueabihf) gcc and g++ compiler. Then I unticked BUILD_SHARED_LIB so it compiled static libraries. It seemed to compile fine without errors. After that I did make & sudo make install.
I also tried it with shared libraries and that worked fine on the ARM board (once I copied the libraries to the board and exported the library path).
The static .a files landed nicely in the build folder. Apparently it can also find it when I -L link to it. I have tried reversing the order of the libraries, but to no avail.
So I'm a bit at a loss what is going wrong.
I solved it. Using the normal --static pkg-config command to compile with OpenCV libraries;
`pkg-config --libs --static opencv`
Of course I installed the static libraries also to the folder /usr/local/lib where libraries get installed first. But still i don't know what I missed in the command line I tried to use. I had a look in the config file /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/opencv.pc
Here is whats in it:
# Package Information for pkg-config
prefix=/usr/local
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=
includedir_old=${prefix}/include/opencv
includedir_new=${prefix}/include
Name: OpenCV
Description: Open Source Computer Vision Library
Version: 2.4.9
Libs: ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_calib3d.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_contrib.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_core.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_features2d.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_flann.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_gpu.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_highgui.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_imgproc.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_legacy.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_ml.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_nonfree.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_objdetect.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_ocl.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_photo.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_stitching.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_superres.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_ts.a ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_video.so ${exec_prefix}/lib/libopencv_videostab.so -lrt -lpthread -lm -ldl
Cflags: -I${includedir_old} -I${includedir_new}
I believe this is what is being called with the pkg-config <--something_or_other> opencv line.
And saw some other things that probably get linked when compiling -lrt -lpthread -lm -ldl Not really sure though as I tried it ina normal command line and I apparently still missed somethings.
But it worked, so didn't really bother too much with it much further :)
In your command:
*$arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ `pkg-config --static opencv` -I/usr/local/include -L<path to static libary> -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_core ARMtest2.cpp -o ARMtest2*
The cflags was missing.
Try with:
$arm-linux-gnueabihf-g++ `pkg-config --cflags --static opencv` -I/usr/local/include -L<path to static cross-compiled libary> -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_core ARMtest2.cpp -o ARMtest2
Assuming here that your cross-compiled headers are saved in /usr/local/include (as you specified).

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