From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2007-05-26T08:54:16+09:00
Subject: Re: Installing 1.8.6 from source on RHEL4 x86_64

Costas wrote:
> On May 24, 1:11 pm, Costas <c_pilio...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> I've been fiddling with installing each of the stable snapshot and the
>> 1.8.6 build on the Download Ruby page and it barfs on me.
>>
>> I'm running RHEL4 onx86_64( Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4
>> (Nahant Update 4) ) - Linux 2.6.9-42.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Aug 17
>> 17:57:31 EDT 2006x86_64x86_64x86_64GNU/Linux
>>
>> I run the configure script, and then make.
>>
>> When building it, it seems to trip on bigdecimal:
>>
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/data/db2home/dw/ruby-1.8.6/ext/
>> bigdecimal'
>> gcc -I. -I../.. -I../../. -I../.././ext/bigdecimal  -fPIC -g -O2  -c
>> bigdecimal.c
>> gcc -shared -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic   -L'../..' -o ../../.ext/x86_64-linux/bigdecimal.so bigdecimal.o  -lcrypt -lm   -lc
>> /usr/bin/ld: /opt/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/
>> 3.4.6/../../../../lib64/libm.a(k_standard.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S
>> against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object;
>> recompile with -fPIC
>> /opt/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../../../lib64/
>> libm.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> make[1]: *** [../../.ext/x86_64-linux/bigdecimal.so] Error 1
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/db2home/dw/ruby-1.8.6/ext/
>> bigdecimal'
>> make: *** [all] Error 1
>>
>> Here's the output of ./configure:
>>
>> checking build system type...x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking host system type...x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking target system type...x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
>> checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>> checking for suffix of executables...
>> checking for suffix of object files... o
>> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
>> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
>> checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
>> checking whether the linker is GNU ld... yes
>> checking whether gcc -E accepts -o... yes
>> checking for bison... bison -y
>> checking for ranlib... ranlib
>> checking for ar... ar
>> checking for as... as
>> checking whether ln -s works... yes
>> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>> checking for AIX... no
>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>> checking for string.h... yes
>> checking for memory.h... yes
>> checking for strings.h... yes
>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>> checking minix/config.h usability... no
>> checking minix/config.h presence... no
>> checking for minix/config.h... no
>> checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no
>> checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
>> checking for long long... yes
>> checking for off_t... yes
>> checking for int... yes
>> checking size of int... 4
>> checking for short... yes
>> checking size of short... 2
>> checking for long... yes
>> checking size of long... 8
>> checking for long long... (cached) yes
>> checking size of long long... 8
>> checking for __int64... no
>> checking size of __int64... 0
>> checking for off_t... (cached) yes
>> checking size of off_t... 8
>> checking for void*... yes
>> checking size of void*... 8
>> checking for float... yes
>> checking size of float... 4
>> checking for double... yes
>> checking size of double... 8
>> checking for time_t... yes
>> checking size of time_t... 8
>> checking for pid_t... yes
>> checking for gid_t... yes
>> checking for uid_t... yes
>> checking for prototypes... yes
>> checking token paste string... ansi
>> checking for variable length prototypes and stdarg.h... yes
>> checking for noreturn function attribute... __attribute__ ((noreturn))
>> x
>> checking for noinline function attribute... __attribute__ ((noinline))
>> x
>> checking for RUBY_EXTERN... no
>> checking whether sys_nerr is declared... yes
>> checking for crypt in -lcrypt... yes
>> checking for dlopen in -ldl... no
>> checking for shl_load in -ldld... no
>> checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
>> checking for library containing opendir... none required
>> checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
>> checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... yes
>> checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
>> checking for string.h... (cached) yes
>> checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
>> checking limits.h usability... yes
>> checking limits.h presence... yes
>> checking for limits.h... yes
>> checking sys/file.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/file.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/file.h... yes
>> checking sys/ioctl.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/ioctl.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/ioctl.h... yes
>> checking sys/syscall.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/syscall.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/syscall.h... yes
>> checking fcntl.h usability... yes
>> checking fcntl.h presence... yes
>> checking for fcntl.h... yes
>> checking sys/fcntl.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/fcntl.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/fcntl.h... yes
>> checking sys/select.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/select.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/select.h... yes
>> checking sys/time.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/time.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/time.h... yes
>> checking sys/times.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/times.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/times.h... yes
>> checking sys/param.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/param.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/param.h... yes
>> checking syscall.h usability... yes
>> checking syscall.h presence... yes
>> checking for syscall.h... yes
>> checking pwd.h usability... yes
>> checking pwd.h presence... yes
>> checking for pwd.h... yes
>> checking grp.h usability... yes
>> checking grp.h presence... yes
>> checking for grp.h... yes
>> checking a.out.h usability... yes
>> checking a.out.h presence... yes
>> checking for a.out.h... yes
>> checking utime.h usability... yes
>> checking utime.h presence... yes
>> checking for utime.h... yes
>> checking for memory.h... (cached) yes
>> checking direct.h usability... no
>> checking direct.h presence... no
>> checking for direct.h... no
>> checking sys/resource.h usability... yes
>> checking sys/resource.h presence... yes
>> checking for sys/resource.h... yes
>> checking sys/mkdev.h usability... no
>> checking sys/mkdev.h presence... no
>> checking for sys/mkdev.h... no
>> checking sys/utime.h usability... no
>> checking sys/utime.h presence... no
>> checking for sys/utime.h... no
>> checking netinet/in_systm.h usability... yes
>> checking netinet/in_systm.h presence... yes
>> checking for netinet/in_systm.h... yes
>> checking float.h usability... yes
>> checking float.h presence... yes
>> checking for float.h... yes
>> checking ieeefp.h usability... no
>> checking ieeefp.h presence... no
>> checking for ieeefp.h... no
>> checking pthread.h usability... yes
>> checking pthread.h presence... yes
>> checking for pthread.h... yes
>> checking ucontext.h usability... yes
>> checking ucontext.h presence... yes
>> checking for ucontext.h... yes
>> checking intrinsics.h usability... no
>> checking intrinsics.h presence... no
>> checking for intrinsics.h... no
>> checking for rlim_t... yes
>> checking size of rlim_t... 8
>> checking for size_t... yes
>> checking for struct stat.st_blksize... yes
>> checking for struct stat.st_blocks... yes
>> checking for struct stat.st_rdev... yes
>> checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... (cached) yes
>> checking type of array argument to getgroups... gid_t
>> checking return type of signal handlers... void
>> checking for working alloca.h... yes
>> checking for alloca... yes
>> checking for working memcmp... yes
>> checking for _LARGEFILE_SOURCE value needed for large files... 1
>> checking for ftello... yes
>> checking for dup2... yes
>> checking for memmove... yes
>> checking for strcasecmp... yes
>> checking for strncasecmp... yes
>> checking for strerror... yes
>> checking for strftime... yes
>> checking for strchr... yes
>> checking for strstr... yes
>> checking for strtoul... yes
>> checking for crypt... yes
>> checking for flock... yes
>> checking for vsnprintf... yes
>> checking for isnan... yes
>> checking for finite... yes
>> checking for isinf... yes
>> checking for hypot... yes
>> checking for acosh... yes
>> checking for erf... yes
>> checking for fmod... yes
>> checking for killpg... yes
>> checking for wait4... yes
>> checking for waitpid... yes
>> checking for syscall... yes
>> checking for chroot... yes
>> checking for fsync... yes
>> checking for getcwd... yes
>> checking for eaccess... no
>> checking for truncate... yes
>> checking for chsize... no
>> checking for times... yes
>> checking for utimes... yes
>> checking for fcntl... yes
>> checking for lockf... yes
>> checking for lstat... yes
>> checking for symlink... yes
>> checking for link... yes
>> checking for readlink... yes
>> checking for setitimer... yes
>> checking for setruid... no
>> checking for seteuid... yes
>> checking for setreuid... yes
>> checking for setresuid... yes
>> checking for setproctitle... no
>> checking for setrgid... no
>> checking for setegid... yes
>> checking for setregid... yes
>> checking for setresgid... yes
>> checking for issetugid... no
>> checking for pause... yes
>> checking for lchown... yes
>> checking for lchmod... no
>> checking for getpgrp... yes
>> checking for setpgrp... yes
>> checking for getpgid... yes
>> checking for setpgid... yes
>> checking for initgroups... yes
>> checking for getgroups... yes
>> checking for setgroups... yes
>> checking for getpriority... yes
>> checking for getrlimit... yes
>> checking for setrlimit... yes
>> checking for sysconf... yes
>> checking for dlopen... no
>> checking for sigprocmask... yes
>> checking for sigaction... yes
>> checking for _setjmp... yes
>> checking for setsid... yes
>> checking for telldir... yes
>> checking for seekdir... yes
>> checking for fchmod... yes
>> checking for mktime... yes
>> checking for timegm... yes
>> checking for cosh... yes
>> checking for sinh... yes
>> checking for tanh... yes
>> checking for setuid... yes
>> checking for setgid... yes
>> checking for setenv... yes
>> checking for unsetenv... yes
>> checking whether struct tm is in sys/time.h or time.h... time.h
>> checking for struct tm.tm_zone... yes
>> checking for struct tm.tm_gmtoff... yes
>> checking for external int daylight... yes
>> checking for negative time_t for gmtime(3)... yes
>> checking...
>>
>> read more �
>>     
>
> Bump - please - anybody?  Help?
>
>
>
>   
The only obvious thing that I see is

gcc -shared -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic   -L'../..' -o ../../.ext/x86_64-linux/bigdecimal.so bigdecimal.o  -lcrypt -lm   -lc
/usr/bin/ld: /opt/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/
3.4.6/../../../../lib64/libm.a(k_standard.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S
against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object;
recompile with -fPIC

It looks like some kind of incompatibility between a system library and bigdecimal. Try taking the '-fPIC' off of "CFLAGS" in your Makefiles and see if that helps.

I do know that Ruby 1.8.6 compiles, etc., flawlessly on my Gentoo AMD64 system, but I have gcc 4.1.2, not 3.4.6. You could also try an upgrade to RHEL 5 to see if it goes away.