Re: [Freetype] linking libz.a - problems building freetype2 on solaris 7

[David Turner]

Hello,

it seems you're trying to generate a DLL (shared object on Unix)
using a static library (libz.a). This cannot work, since you need
the shared version of zlib (i.e. libz.so) to do that...

Hope this helps,

- David Turner
- The FreeType Project  (www.freetype.org)


Veeresh Khanorkar wrote:
> Please recollect I had send a mail with Subj: Compiling problem: 
> Freetype2 on Solaris. I described about problem compiling freetype 2 on 
> solaris. My compilation also resulted in same kind error as shown here. 
> I will as well like to fix the problem.
>
> Thanks
> -Veeresh
> Paul Tregoing wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I cannot seem to compile freetype 2 on solaris 7 due to a problem with 
> > linking in my system zlib (/usr/local/lib/libz.a). This is the output 
> > from ./configure
> >
> > root# ./configure --prefix=/apache/modules/freetype/2.1.9
> > cd builds/unix; ./configure --prefix=/apache/modules/freetype/2.1.9
> > checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.7
> > checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.7
> > checking target system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.7
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> > checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> > checking for suffix of executables...
> > checking for suffix of object files... o
> > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> > checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> > checking for rm... rm -f
> > checking for rmdir... rmdir
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
> > checking for grep that handles long lines...
> > checking for egrep... /usr/gnutools-SunOS-5.7/1.0/bin/egrep
> > checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> > checking for sys/types.h... yes
> > checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> > checking for stdlib.h... yes
> > checking for string.h... yes
> > checking for memory.h... yes
> > checking for strings.h... yes
> > checking for inttypes.h... yes
> > checking for stdint.h... no
> > checking for unistd.h... yes
> > checking fcntl.h usability... yes
> > checking fcntl.h presence... yes
> > checking for fcntl.h... yes
> > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> > checking for an ANSI C-conforming const... yes
> > checking for int... yes
> > checking size of int... 4
> > checking for long... yes
> > checking size of long... 4
> > checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
> > checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
> > checking for getpagesize... yes
> > checking for working mmap... yes
> > checking whether munmap is declared... yes
> > checking for munmap's first parameter type... char *
> > checking for memcpy... yes
> > checking for memmove... yes
> > checking for gzsetparams in -lz... yes
> > checking zlib.h usability... yes
> > checking zlib.h presence... yes
> > checking for zlib.h... yes
> > checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/xpg4/bin/sed
> > checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/ccs/bin/ld
> > checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
> > checking for /usr/ccs/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
> > checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/ccs/bin/nm -p
> > checking whether ln -s works... yes
> > checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
> > checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
> > checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
> > checking for dlfcn.h... yes
> > checking for g++... g++
> > checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> > checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> > checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
> > checking for g77... g77
> > checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
> > checking whether g77 accepts -g... yes
> > checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 262144
> > checking command to parse /usr/ccs/bin/nm -p output from gcc object... ok
> > checking for objdir... .libs
> > checking for ar... ar
> > checking for ranlib... ranlib
> > checking for strip... strip
> > checking if gcc static flag  works... yes
> > checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
> > checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> > checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> > checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
> > checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared 
> > libraries... yes
> > checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
> > checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.7 ld.so
> > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> > checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no
> > checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> > checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> > checking whether to build static libraries... yes
> > configure: creating libtool
> > appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
> > checking for ld used by g++... /usr/ccs/bin/ld
> > checking if the linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
> > checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared 
> > libraries... yes
> > checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> > checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> > checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
> > checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared 
> > libraries... yes
> > checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.7 ld.so
> > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> > checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no
> > appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
> > checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> > checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> > checking whether to build static libraries... yes
> > checking for g77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
> > checking if g77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
> > checking if g77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
> > checking whether the g77 linker (/usr/ccs/bin/ld) supports shared 
> > libraries... yes
> > checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.7 ld.so
> > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> > checking whether stripping libraries is possible... no
> > configure: creating ./config.status
> > config.status: creating unix-cc.mk
> > config.status: creating unix-def.mk
> > config.status: creating freetype-config
> > config.status: creating freetype2.pc
> > config.status: creating ftconfig.h
> >
> > FreeType build system -- automatic system detection
> >
> > The following settings are used:
> >
> >  platform                    unix
> >  compiler                    cc
> >  configuration directory     ./builds/unix
> >  configuration rules         ./builds/unix/unix.mk
> >
> > If this does not correspond to your system or settings please remove 
> > the file
> > `config.mk' from this directory then read the INSTALL file for help.
> >
> > Otherwise, simply type `make' again to build the library,
> > or `make refdoc' to build the API reference (the latter needs python).
> >
> > make: Nothing to be done for `unix'.
> >
> > #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >
> >
> > The output from make (GNU make 3.80) gives me a fatal error when 
> > compiling the libfreetype.so library...
> >
> > gcc -shared -Wl,-h -Wl,libfreetype.so.6 -o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/libfreetype.so.6.3.7  
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftsystem.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftdebug.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftinit.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftbase.o/freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftbbox.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftbdf.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftglyph.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftmm.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftpfr.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftstroke.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/fttype1.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftwinfnt.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftxf86.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/autohint.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/bdf.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftcache.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/cff.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/type1cid.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftgzip.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/ftlzw.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/pcf.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/pfr.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/psaux.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/pshinter.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/psnames.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/raster.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/sfnt.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/smooth.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/truetype.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/type1.o /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/type42.o 
> > /freetype-2.1.9/objs/.libs/winfnt.o  -lz -lc
> > Text relocation remains                         referenced
> >    against symbol                  offset      in file
> > <unknown>                           0x18e0      
> > /usr/local/lib/libz.a(inflate.o)
> > ...
> > <lots of relocation remains messages> (referenced in) 
> > /usr/local/lib/libz.a
> > ...
> > <unknown>                           0x8         
> > /usr/local/lib/libz.a(zutil.o)
> > z_errmsg                            0x1c        
> > /usr/local/lib/libz.a(zutil.o)
> > z_errmsg                            0x20        
> > /usr/local/lib/libz.a(zutil.o)
> > ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable 
> > sections
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make: *** [/freetype-2.1.9/objs/libfreetype.la] Error 1
> >
> > #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >
> >
> > I made sure that ../include/freetype/config/ftoption.h had system zlib 
> > commented out: "/* #define  FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SYSTEM_ZLIB */" but 
> > libfreetype.so seems to be linking in the system zlib... I'm confused! 
> > Any help greatly appreciated...
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Paul
> >
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