Debian Bug report logs - #662989
gtest: libgtest.a needs to be built with -fPIC

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@ubuntu.com>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: gtest: libgtest.a needs to be built with -fPIC

Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:00:50 -0800

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Package: gtest
Version: 1.6.0-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Dear Maintainer,

The libgtest.a library is not build with -fPIC. This inhibits linking against
objects compiled with -fPIC. To fix this, the CXXFLAGS should include -fPIC for
the static library.

I am providing a patch that ensures -fPIC is used for all built libraries. I
applied the patch for Ubuntu Precise and uploaded it as 1.6.0-1ubuntu1 in the
meantime.

Thanks!

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Message #10 received at 662989@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Steve M. Robbins" <steve@sumost.ca>

To: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas@ubuntu.com>, 662989@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#662989: gtest: libgtest.a needs to be built with -fPIC

Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 22:48:53 -0600

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tags 662989 + wontfix
thanks

On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 12:00:50PM -0800, Chase Douglas wrote:
> Package: gtest
> Version: 1.6.0-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> The libgtest.a library is not build with -fPIC. This inhibits linking against
> objects compiled with -fPIC. To fix this, the CXXFLAGS should include -fPIC for
> the static library.

Not convinced this is a good idea in general and in any event the
static library is going away (see NEWS.Debian) so I'm not planning to
implement the patch.

Regards,
-Steve

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Message #17 received at 662989-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: smr@debian.org (Steve M. Robbins)

To: 662989-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#662989: fixed in gtest 1.6.0-2

Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:32:19 +0000

Source: gtest
Source-Version: 1.6.0-2

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gtest, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gtest_1.6.0-2.debian.tar.gz
  to main/g/gtest/gtest_1.6.0-2.debian.tar.gz
gtest_1.6.0-2.dsc
  to main/g/gtest/gtest_1.6.0-2.dsc
libgtest-dev_1.6.0-2_amd64.deb
  to main/g/gtest/libgtest-dev_1.6.0-2_amd64.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 662989@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Steve M. Robbins <smr@debian.org> (supplier of updated gtest package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:10:45 -0500
Source: gtest
Binary: libgtest-dev
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.6.0-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Steve M. Robbins <smr@debian.org>
Changed-By: Steve M. Robbins <smr@debian.org>
Description: 
 libgtest-dev - Google's framework for writing C++ tests - header files
Closes: 662989 666438
Changes: 
 gtest (1.6.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * libgtest-dev.install: Do not ship static libs (closes: #662989).
     Install CMakeLists.txt to build lib (closes: #666438).
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