shared library must be position independent" error when making Resin with Apache on HP 9000

[Andrew Chou]

I try to compile Resin 2.1.14 with Apache 2.0.x bundled with HP-UX. When I did
$ ./configure --with-apxs=/opt/hpws/apache/bin/apxs

It seems to be ok other than the linker is not GNU but OS-bundled ld.

When I do 'make', I get the error below. The first line is a warning so I suppose it's ok. But the next line is a real error, which I have no idea what it means.

Could some one help on this?
Thanks,

----errors----
/usr/ccs/bin/ld: (Warning) At least one PA 2.0 object file (jni_vfs.o) was detected. The linked output may not run on a PA 1.x system.

/usr/ccs/bin/ld: DP relative code in file std.o - shared library must be position independent. Use +z or +Z to recompile.
*** Error exit code 1

[Steven E. Protter]

The file its complaining about either does not exist or is not on the path variable SHLIB_PATH.

If it exists, which I think it does.

echo $SHLIB_PATH

SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:/usr/ccs/bin
export SHLIB_PATH

Try the compile again.

SEP

[Ermin Borovac · Accepted solution]

As the error message indicates linker is trying to create a shared library but objects that it's including in the shared library haven't been compiled with '+z' or '+Z' option.

You can try defining CFLAGS environment variable as follows.

/* if you are using hp's cc */
$ export CFLAGS="+Z"

/* if you are using gcc */
$ export CFLAGS="-fPIC"

Run 'make distclean' and configure again.

[Andrew Chou]

Thanks to Ermin and Steven for such quick helps.