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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] CMake -fPIC flag

From: Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 00:20:23 +0200
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 11:49:44PM +0200, Joerg Mayer wrote:
> Ah, OK, this helps me to get an idea what went wrong: I link two "static"
> libraries (libwslua and libwspython) into a dynamic lib (libwireshark).
> This seems to cause the "static" libs to be linked/built without -fPIC.
> I'll have to think about how to fix that. I'm on a business trip to Londen
> for a week starting tomorrow, so I don't know whether I'll find the time
> to look into this during the week (not only because of the work, but also
> because I want to get and see a bit of London ;-)
> If nobody beats me to it, I will look at it in a weeks time. Workaround:
> Disable lua and python support in CMakeOptions.txt

Sorry, but I haven't found the time to fix it this although the weekend in
Germany was one day longer.
Can you please open a bug for the problem? Just to be sure it doesn't
get lost - I still intend to look into the problem soon'ish.

Thanks
     Joerg
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Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
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