/usr/bin/ld: ./libudns.a(udns_resolver.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `dns_defctx' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

2011/2/12 Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc at aliax.net>:
>> You can try running `make sharedlib' in the udns source directory --
>> this will produce a series of .lo files, just like it produces a
>> bunch of .o files for static library.  You grab these .lo files
>> and produce a static library from them -- libudns.a, like this:
>>
>>  rm -f libudns.a
>>  ar r libudns.a *.lo
>>
>> This is not perfect, but will work for your case.

I've implemented this mechanism in my Ruby em-udns gem:

  https://github.com/ibc/em-udns/blob/master/ext/extconf.rb

Cheers.

-- 
Iñaki Baz Castillo
<ibc at aliax.net>