How to build a statically linked appl with PIC enabled static library?

[VineetVinod]

Hi,

I've a statically linked application (sample.a) and I want to build it with a third party library(third-party-lib.a) which is PIC enabled. Note that the third party library is NOT a shared library. It is a PIC enabled static library.

Can anyone please suggest how do I do this?

I tried linking my library with a third party library like we usually link static libraries but it gives me an error:

/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(stack_chk_fail_local.oS): In function `__stack_chk_fail_local':
(.text+0x10): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail'


Thanks in advance.

[Rubberman]

A word of advice - ALWAYS build your code with PIC enabled. I have run into this problem so many times in the past (linking PIC-enabled libraries with non-PIC-enabled ones) that this is now a rule in every organization I have worked that. What PIC does is make your functions and variables relocatable - necessary for shared libraries, but useful for mixed-mode situations such as yours. If you cannot recompile your own libraries with PIC enabled, then I think you are SOL...

Anyway, since you aren't providing any specific compiler/linker command lines that you are using, this is the best advice I can provide.

[VineetVinod]

1. Were you getting the same error that I'm getting? One school of thought says that it shouldn't matter whether it is PIC enabled or not. So I'm in a fix now. Please let me know whether the error message is same as the one you were getting.

2. I've noticed one more thing. This problem doesn't occur when I compile with with my usr/bin's gcc. The gcc we use in our toolchain is of older version and with that gcc I face this problem. I can't build all of my source code with the gcc in user/bin at the moment due to various other factors.


Here's where it fails during build:

### lmutil [2012-06-05 03:57:58 GMT]
make: Entering directory `/data/home2/vineet/vvinod_main/flexnet/utils/build/_debug-Linux-ipv4.LSB_3.0-i686-main'
make: Warning: File `Makefile' has modification time 2.5e+04 s in the future
[LD] lmutil
lsbcc -o lmutil.debug -D_DEBUG -ggdb -O0 -m32 -march=pentium -pipe -DARCH_INTEL -DARCH_X86 -DOS_LINUX -pthread -DLM_INTERNAL -DFLEXLM_KITBUILD -DFLEX_STATIC -DGPLATFORM="i86_lsb" -DLINUX -DLSB3_0 -D__FD_SETSIZE=65535 -DGLIBC -DX86 -DREDHAT -DREL -DPLATFORM_X86_RHLINUX -fvisibility-inlines-hidden -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG -Wl,--dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-lsb.so.3 -nodefaultlibs -Wl,--dynamic-linker=/lib/ld-linux.so.2 --lsb-besteffort --lsb-target-version=3.0 ../../lib/_debug-Linux-ipv4.LSB_3.0-i686-main/liblmutil.a ../../../src/build/_debug-Linux-ipv4.LSB_3.0-i686-main-mt_nopic/liblmgr.a ../../../../flexnet/src/dongle/_debug-Linux-ipv4.LSB_3.0-i686-main/dongle.a ../../../../3rdparty/cert/lib/Linux_LSB_3.0_i686/libcrvs.a ../../../../3rdparty/cert/lib/Linux_LSB_3.0_i686/libsb.a ../../../../FNP/_output/_debug/fnp-i86_lsb-11.11.0.0/i86_lsb/lib/libFNPload-nopic/libFNPload.a -L /v/toolchain/Linux-LSB_3.0-i686/lib -Wl,-dn -lstdc++ -Wl,-dy -lpthread -lm -lgcc -lgcc_s -lc -ldl
/usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(stack_chk_fail_local.oS): In function `__stack_chk_fail_local':
(.text+0x10): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Please let me know your opinion.

Thanks

[VineetVinod]

Also, this is how I merge the third party PC enabled static libraries:
<postlink cmd="armerge dongle$(LIB_SUFFIX)$(AREXTENSION) dongle$(LIB_SUFFIX)$(AREXTENSION) ../../libs/linux/libhasplnx350.a" system="Linux" architecture="i686" subvariant="!mt_pic" />

<postlink cmd="armerge dongle$(LIB_SUFFIX)$(AREXTENSION) dongle$(LIB_SUFFIX)$(AREXTENSION) ../../libs/linux/libhasplnx120_x64.a" system="Linux" architecture="x86_64" subvariant="!mt_pic" />

libhasplnx350.a and and libhasplnx120_x64.a are the libraries.

Thanks.