R_X86_64_32 error when compiling a shared object with gcc
Issue
$ gcc -O2 -Wall -shared -o runtime.so runtime.c
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/cciA7KuP.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/tmp/cciA7KuP.o: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 64bits
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