Re: R_X86_64_32S error building a shared library

[Adam Nielsen]

> > $ g++ -fPIC -c -o main.o main.cpp -I/usr/include/boost-1_37/ && g++ -o 
> > test.so main.o -shared
>
> This works since main.cpp is being compiled to main.o with PIC. However, 
> Boost is not involved here so it proves nothing about Boost.

It does prove something about Boost to me - as soon as I add the Boost 
libraries to the above program I get the error, which implies that something 
isn't compiled with -fPIC.  Since Boost was the only thing added, Boost must 
have been compiled without -fPIC.

Cheers,
Adam.