Closed Bug 117 Opened 26 years ago Closed 24 years ago

Compiling Navigator on SPARC/Linux doesn't compile the c files with "-fPIC" so a .so triggers an ICE

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Build Config, defect, P3)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Build Config
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED

People

(Reporter: thorsten, Assigned: briano)

Details

Created by Thorsten Heit (thorsten@wurzelausix.cs.uni-sb.de) on Wednesday, April 8, 1998 6:34:28 AM PDT
Additional Details :
gcc doesn''t compile the c files with "-fpic" so the
creation of a shared library results in an internal
compiler error
(only seen on Sparc/Linux; not on x86/Linux)

Fix:

--- ns/config/Linux.mk.orig     Tue Mar 31 04:06:52 1998
+++ ns/config/Linux.mk  Wed Apr  8 15:16:42 1998
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 PORT_FLAGS             = -D_POSIX_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE
-DSW_THREADS -DNEED_ENDIAN_H -DNEED_GETOPT_H -DNEED_IOCTL_H
-DUSE_NODL_TABS -DHAVE_SIGNED_CHAR -DNEED_SYS_TIME_H
-DHAVE_SYS_BITYPES_H -DNEED_UINT_T
 PDJAVA_FLAGS           = -mx128m

-OS_CFLAGS              = $(PLATFORM_FLAGS) $(PORT_FLAGS)
$(MOVEMAIL_FLAGS)
+OS_CFLAGS              = $(DSO_CFLAGS) $(PLATFORM_FLAGS)
$(PORT_FLAGS) $(MOVEMAIL_FLAGS)

 LOCALE_MAP             = $(DEPTH)/cmd/xfe/intl/linux.lm
 EN_LOCALE              = C
Updated by Wan-Teh Chang (wtc@netscape.com) on Friday, April 24, 1998 12:13:29 PM PDT
Additional Details :
Assigned bug to Brian Ostrom <briano@netscape.com>.
Added myself to the CC list.

Brian: we should use -fPIC instead of -fpic.
ns/nsprpub/config/Linux.mk uses -fPIC.  -fPIC allows
you to have large-displacement branches.
Updated by Brian Ostrom (briano@netscape.com) on Tuesday, July 14, 1998 5:42:04 PM PDT
Additional Details :
I think this is fixed now.  I added -fPIC to the compile
line for all Linux processor-variants.  It doesn't seem
to hurt anything to do so.  We'll see.
Status: RESOLVED → CLOSED
these bugs are closed but have no resolution.  reopening...
Status: CLOSED → REOPENED
marking as fixed.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 24 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
my research suggests that this was fixed no later than
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/configure.in&rev=1.59&mark=127#124
nov 16 '98
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Summary: Compiling Navigator on SPARC/Linux doesn → Compiling Navigator on SPARC/Linux doesn't compile the c files with "-fPIC" so a .so triggers an ICE
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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