[Gdal-dev] Compiling gdal 1.4.2 with HDF4.2 fails

[Frank Warmerdam]

Edward Fialkowski wrote:
>         -o /usr/local/src/gdal-1.4.2/libgdal.so
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/src/HDF4.2r1/NewHDF/lib/libmfhdf.a(mfsd.o): 
> relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when 
> making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/local/src/HDF4.2r1/NewHDF/lib/libmfhdf.a: could not read symbols: 
> Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> 
> I've seen this before, recompile with -fPIC, and from gdal configure I 
> included -fPIC:
> 
>   Installation directory:    /usr/local
>   C compiler:                gcc -fPIC
>   C++ compiler:              g++ -fPIC
> 
> 
> So, either it's another problem or the flags aren't getting picked up at 
> this command, so I'm not quite sure where or how to include the flag in 
> this command.  I'm not so great with makefiles, but I'm trying. 

Edward,

I believe the problem is that the HDF4.2r1 libraries need to be rebuilt
with -fPIC.  If you figure out what you need to do in the HDF build, you
might want to note it in the wiki at:

   http://trac.osgeo.org/gdal/wiki/HDF

Best regards,
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