[DebianGIS-dev] Bug#580973: libhdf5-serial-dev: Fails on linkage on amd64

[Orgad Shaneh]

Package: libhdf5-serial-dev
Version: 1.8.4-patch1-2
Severity: important

When trying to link a shared library using libhdf5, I receive the
following message:
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/libhdf5.a(H5.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against
`H5_debug_g' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile
with -fPIC
/usr/lib/libhdf5.a: could not read symbols: Bad value

I tried rebuilding the package, specifying -fPIC in DEBOPT, and it
helps. On i386 it is unneeded.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libhdf5-serial-dev depends on:
ii  libhdf5-serial-1.8.4    1.8.4-patch1-2   Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5)
ii  libjpeg62-dev [libjpeg- 6b-16.1          Development files for the IJG JPEG
ii  zlib1g-dev              1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - development

libhdf5-serial-dev recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libhdf5-serial-dev suggests:
pn  libhdf5-doc                   <none>     (no description available)

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