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SuiteSparse fails to link in shared library due to missing -fPIC in libsuitesparseconfig.a

Bug #1319687 reported by Arne Morten Kvarving
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suitesparse (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
suitesparse (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

The config library is only available as a .a which is not compiled with -fPIC. Thus, linking into shared libraries fails on AMD64.

Attaching a minimal program to trigger the bug.

gcc -shared -fPIC -o test.so suitetest.cpp -lumfpack -lsuitesparseconfig

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Tags: patch
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Arne Morten Kvarving (arne-morten-kvarving) wrote :
Arne Morten Kvarving (arne-morten-kvarving)
description: updated
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in suitesparse (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Budo Zindovic (bzindovic) wrote :

I've added a fix to official libraries and packaged it in my ppa. To install libraries with a fix of this bug, do the following:

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bzindovic/suitesparse-bugfix-1319687
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get upgrade

I hope it will be resolved in the official package.

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Arne Morten Kvarving (arne-morten-kvarving) wrote :

doh, missed your response. thanks a lot!

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Philipp Huebner (debalance-debian) wrote :

Hi Budo,
I don't think your approach is the right one, working against the package maintainer's intent to provide both types of libraries, one with -fPIC and one without.
Check out my update to Debian bug #684116: the package already builds a libsuitesparseconfig_pic.a and simply misses to include it in the binary .deb file. I noticed when going through the patches that were already in the package before yours.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "include libsuitesparseconfig_pic.a in libsuitesparse-dev" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thanks bug reading bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684116 it seems the Debian maintainer disagrees with the change, unsubscribing sponsors until that's resolved, no need to have the discussion in 2 different bug trackers

Changed in suitesparse (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Changed in suitesparse (Debian):
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Pedro (pedro-cavestany) wrote :

Hi, this bug has been around for near 2 years now, when will it be fixed in Ubuntu?
thanks

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