• mitchell (21/21) Mar 24 2020 Hello,
• rikki cattermole (3/3) Mar 24 2020 When I see -fPIC I think something is wrong with your compiler+runtime
• mitchell (8/12) Mar 24 2020 It seems you're correct. I looked through some of the older

mitchell <mitchelldlarson pm.me> writes:

Hello,

I'm having issues creating a dynamic library with dub.
The dub config file contains (with the exception of the names and 
such) only

     targetType "dynamicLibrary"

When I attempt to buld the library, I get:

     common ~master: building configuration "library"...
     /usr/bin/ld: 
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libgphobos2.a(ascii.o): 
relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.data' can not be used when 
making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
     /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/libgphobos2.a: error adding 
symbols: Bad value
     collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
     gdc failed with exit code 1.

I've been working with D for quite a while, but I've never really 
used dub. It looks like dub is attempting to attach phobos to the 
dynamic link library I'm trying to create. Is there something 
simple which I'm missing entirely?

I would have asked on the dub forums, but they seem to be down 
right now.

rikki cattermole <rikki cattermole.co.nz> writes:

When I see -fPIC I think something is wrong with your compiler+runtime 
setup.

Use -v to see the commands dub is using. This should not be dub related.

mitchell <mitchelldlarson pm.me> writes:

On Wednesday, 25 March 2020 at 04:04:09 UTC, rikki cattermole 
wrote:
 When I see -fPIC I think something is wrong with your 
 compiler+runtime setup.

 Use -v to see the commands dub is using. This should not be dub 
 related.

It seems you're correct. I looked through some of the older 
projects I've made on this machine (ones where I used make 
instead of dub), I found that whenever I made a shared library, I 
always had to revert to using gcc, rather than gdc. I will need 
to examine my setup.

Thank you for the rapid response!