[vtkusers] VTK + Python on Solaris

[Epifanio, Craig C]

Donna,

Sure enough, that fixed it!  Thanks very much.

Craig


Donna Hanlon <donna at pulvinar.wustl.edu> said:

> Hi Craig,
> 
> We also run VTK+Python on Solaris.
> 
> You wrote:
>  >But during the VTK build I get the following:
>  >ld: fatal: relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable 
> sections
> 
> I believe your "relocations remain against allocatable but non-writable 
> sections" link error goes away when you use the "-fPIC" flag with your 
> compiler (e.g., export CC="gcc -fPIC" before doing make).  We ended up 
> using gcc on Solaris due to problems with Sun's compiler on some 
> software other than vtk/python (might have been tcl/tk, though).
> 
> Feel free to check out our build script for IRIX, Linux, and Solaris 
> (http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-
bin/viewcvs.cgi/surefit/SureFitSrc/BuildSureFit).
> 
> Donna
> 
> 



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