AC_CHECK_LIB Not finding Libraries that are not Compiled with PIC

[James L. Barker]

OS: RHEL 6.5
Autoconf: 2.63
Automake: 1.11.1

I have a library compiled as a mylib.a without Position Independent Code.

When I put the following line in my configure.ac file, the library is 
not found.
LDFLAGS="-I/usr/local/packages/lib"
AC_CHECK_LIB(mylib, function)

The ./configure script can't find -lmylib.

I recompiled mylib.a with the -fPIC options, and all of a sudden 
./configure can now find it.

Does the ./configure not work with libraries that haven't been compiled 
with position independent code, or is this a bug?

When I do a nm on both the PIC and non-PIC library, the symbols are 
clearly listed.





Thanks,

James