adding -fPIC compiler option for building on SPARC, Solaris 11.4

[Nate Alderson]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 12:54 AM Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
wrote:

> On 12/11/2020 00:31, Nate Alderson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am attempting to build PyQt5-5.15.2.dev2010041344 on SPARC, Solaris
> > 11.4
> > with gcc 9.3.0 , but it fails linking:
> >
> > ....
> > ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_M44: file
> > moc_qpycore_event_handlers.o: symbol vtable for PyQtMonitor: invalid
> > shared
> > object relocation type: ABS44 code model unsupported
> > ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_L44: file
> > moc_qpycore_event_handlers.o: symbol vtable for PyQtMonitor: invalid
> > shared
> > object relocation type: ABS44 code model unsupported
> > ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_H44: file
> > moc_qpycore_event_handlers.o: symbol QHash<QObject*,
> > QHashDummyValue>::deleteNode2(QHashData::Node*): invalid shared object
> > relocation type: ABS44 code model unsupported
> > ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_M44: file
> > moc_qpycore_event_handlers.o: symbol QHash<QObject*,
> > QHashDummyValue>::deleteNode2(QHashData::Node*): invalid shared object
> > relocation type: ABS44 code model unsupported
> > ld: fatal: relocation error: R_SPARC_L44: file
> > moc_qpycore_event_handlers.o: symbol QHash<QObject*,
> > QHashDummyValue>::deleteNode2(QHashData::Node*): invalid shared object
> > relocation type: ABS44 code model unsupported
> >
> >
> > Googling indicated I should add the -fPIC option to the g++ flags but I
> > can't figure out how that works.  I've tried:
> > "python configure.py CXXFLAGS+=-fPIC" among other  things but nothing
> > seems
> > to work. Any suggestions?
> >
> > I have manually added the flag to some Makefiles and that resolved the
> > issue.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nate
>
> Try QMAKE_CXXFLAGS
>
> Phil
>

That worked. Thank you.
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