[gentoo-amd64] Re: dev-util/devhelp-0.21 emerge fails

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Thanasis <thanasis@asyr.hopto.org> posted 4936D6A1.9030002@asyr.hopto.org,
excerpted below, on  Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:57:37 +0200:

> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/
bin/ld:
> .libs/libdevhelp_1_la-Yelper.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol
> `gtk_moz_embed_get_nsIWebBrowser' can not be used when making a shared
> object; recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.1.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/
bin/ld:
> final link failed: Bad value collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Well, that seems to have gotten you further, and the error is clearer now.

> relocation R_X86_64_PC32

An error of that nature shows it's trying to link 32-bit code into a 64-
bit binary.  That's not going to work.  Somehow, you need to get it to 
see the 64-bit version and use it instead of the 32-bit version, but 
that's beyond my ability to solve.

It won't help you if you need 32-bit, but it's worth noting that such 
errors don't happen if you're running a no-multilib profile.  I haven't 
seen that problem in awhile, since there's no 32-bit library on my system 
for it to get mixed up with and try to link to.  But if you play 32-bit 
games or something, you'll want to keep multilib, and removing it isn't 
fixing the bug, just working around it, anyway.

I'd say file a bug and let the devs help on this one, at least if you 
don't wish to switch to no-multilib.

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