[Announcement] Tinc version 1.1pre10 released

[folkert]

The error message suggests adding -fPIC to CFLAGS - have you tried that?

On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 02:44:57PM -0700, Lance Fredrickson wrote:
> I'm having trouble compiling this.  I typically create a static
> binary for mips devices for use in routers of different firmwares.
> Typically I create static libraries on which tinc is dependent  (lzo
> zlib openssl ncurses readline) . In this release, tinc doesn't see
> the static libraries, just the development .h files when running
> ./configure.  So I compiled static and shared libraries, so it will
> make it through the configure script.  Then when I compile tinc I
> run
> 
> make LIBS="-static -lcrypto -ldl -llzo2 -lz"
> and this typcically will give me static binaries.
> 
> But with pre10 I get this.
> 
> /opt/entware-toolchain/lib/gcc/mipsel-linux-uclibc/4.6.4/../../../../mipsel-linux-uclibc/bin/ld:
> /opt/entware-toolchain/lib/gcc/mipsel-linux-uclibc/4.6.4/crtbeginT.o:
> relocation R_MIPS_HI16 against `a local symbol' can not be used when
> making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> /opt/entware-toolchain/lib/gcc/mipsel-linux-uclibc/4.6.4/crtbeginT.o:
> could not read symbols: Bad value
> 
> I think maybe it's trying to static link to libc. For some reason
> this release is hating anything I try to link statically.
> 
> -Lance Fredrickson
> 
> On 2/7/2014 2:57 PM, Guus Sliepen wrote:
> >With pleasure we announce the release of tinc version 1.1pre10. Here is a
> >summary of the changes:
> >
> >  * Added a benchmark tool (sptps_speed) for the new protocol.
> >
> >  * Fixed a crash when using Name = $HOST while $HOST is not set.
> >
> >  * Use AES-256-GCM for the new protocol.
> >
> >  * Updated support for Solaris.
> >
> >  * Allow running tincd without a private ECDSA key present when
> >    ExperimentalProtocol is not explicitly set.
> >
> >  * Enable various compiler hardening flags by default.
> >
> >  * Added support for a "conf.d" configuration directory.
> >
> >  * Fix tinc-gui on Windows, also allowing it to connect to a 32-bits tincd when
> >    tinc-gui is run in a 64-bits Python environment.
> >
> >  * Added a "ListenAddress" option, which like BindToAddress adds more listening
> >    address/ports, but doesn't bind to them for outgoing sockets.
> >
> >  * Make invitations work better when the "invite" and "join" commands are not
> >    run interactively.
> >
> >  * When creating meta-connections to a node for which no Address statement is
> >    specified, try to use addresses learned from other nodes.
> >
> >Thanks to Dennis Joachimsthaler and Florent Clairambault for their contribution
> >to this version of tinc.
> >
> >Please note that although tinc 1.1pre10 is backwards compatible with tinc 1.0.x,
> >it is NOT compatible with tinc 1.1pre1 through 1.1pre9.
> >
> >
> >
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