[Samba] Samba4 Compile Error

[Andrew Bartlett]

On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 05:00 +0000, Oner Olcerel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to compile Samba4 on RHEL 5.3 which didn't have Python on it.  I've downloaded  Python-2.6.5.tar from http://ftp.samba.org/pub/tridge/python/. I get the following error during the compile :
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> [3285/3758] Compiling lib/krb5_wrap/enctype_convert.c
> [3286/3758] Linking default/lib/util/libutil_setid.so
> [3287/3758] Linking default/lib/talloc/libtalloc.so
> [3288/3758] Linking default/lib/talloc/libpytalloc-util.so
> /usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libpython2.6.a(cobject.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `PyCObject_Type' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> /usr/local/lib/libpython2.6.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> Waf: Leaving directory `/install/samba-4.0.3/bin'
> Build failed:  -> task failed (err #1):
>         {task: cc_link pytalloc_util_5.o -> libpytalloc-util.so}
> 
> I'll appreciate any suggestions. Thanks

You did not build python with --enable-shared

Andrew Bartlett

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