Re: 4.2.0 make crash

[Ben Abbott]

> On Dec 26, 2016, at 05:46, Andreas Weber <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> Am 25.12.2016 um 23:15 schrieb Larry Bottorff:
>> I get this when I try to compile the latest source (4.2.0) on Ubuntu
>> 16.10 64bit:
>> 
>> /usr/bin/ld:
>> /usr/local/lib/libGraphicsMagick.a(magick_libGraphicsMagick_la-blob.o):
>> relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `GetBlobInfo' can not be used
>> when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
>> /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
>> 
>> What can I do to fix this?
> 
> Where do you see a "crash" as titled?
> The message tells you that your libGraphicsMagic was compiled (I guess
> by you because it's in /usr/local/lib and not in /usr/lib) without -fPIC
> 
> The solution? Compile libGraphicsMagic with -fPIC or install the one
> from the Ubuntu repos. You'll find instructions on the octave wiki for
> ubuntu.
> 
> Btw, this is not a problem with Octave.
> HTH, Andy

Here's an earlier reply.

Ben