https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/support-requests/52/2021-04-03T12:38:42.040000ZRecent changes to 52: Plplot 15.4.0 build fails on OpenSuse 15.1 Linux with ld error on libpython3.8.a2021-04-03T12:38:42.040000Z2021-04-03T12:38:42.040000ZStefan Brünshttps://sourceforge.net/u/stefanbr/https://sourceforge.netd4d9f22f91c86a22a8e1d3e359e56f1261766686

<div class="markdown_content"><p>Note openSUSE 15.1 has been EOLed for quite some time. Leap 15.2 and Leap 15.3 (currently in late Beta) both contain the latest released version of PLPlot, 5.15.0.</p></div>

2021-01-29T00:25:52.217000Z2021-01-29T00:25:52.217000ZWalt Kaileyhttps://sourceforge.net/u/wkailey/https://sourceforge.net5f102bdf5d9fbaf652ba1ad154a3973d283f5cf5

<div class="markdown_content"><p>had to install version 5.14.0, because latest CMAKE available with OpenSuse 15.1 is 3.10.2, and there does not seem to be an upgrade path to 3.13.x. I need the Python bindings, and I have built and installed python 3.8.6 from source available at python.org. Swig is installed at /usr/share/swig/4.0.2, and the cmake step succeeds. After that, the make step fails with repeated messages that look like this</p> <p>/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/7/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libpython3.8.a(abstract.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against symbol <code>_Py_NotImplementedStruct' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/7/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libpython3.8.a(boolobject.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against symbol</code>_Py_FalseStruct' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC</p> <p>And much more like that. The linker ld is complaining that you are trying to build a shared library using a static library that was not built with relocatable code, as near as I can understand the message.</p> <p>After about twenty of these lovely messages, make bails with</p> <p>/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/7/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld: final link failed: nonrepresentable section on output<br/> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status<br/> make<span>[2]</span>: <strong><em> <span><span>[bindings/python/CMakeFiles/_plplotc.dir/build.make:108: bindings/python/_plplotc.so]</span></span> Error 1<br/> make<span><span>[2]</span></span>: Leaving directory '/usr/plplot/build_directory'<br/> make<span><span>[1]</span></span>: </em></strong> <span>[CMakeFiles/Makefile2:1316: bindings/python/CMakeFiles/_plplotc.dir/all]</span> Error 2<br/> make<span>[1]</span>: Leaving directory '/usr/plplot/build_directory'<br/> make: *** <span>[Makefile:152: all]</span> Error 2</p></div>