Build error on FreeBSD: ‘recompile with -fPIC’ #14616

1. 
   murrayn commented at 8:10 am on October 31, 2018: contributor

   Build on FreeBSD fails with:

   0  CXXLD    bitcoind
   1/usr/bin/ld: libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-sync.o): relocation R_X86_64_TPOFF32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
   2libbitcoin_util.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
   3c++: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
   

   FreeBSD 11.2, but I’ve had it fail on earlier versions as well.

   config.log is here:

   https://0bin.net/paste/epcDXoNlXiwxyYzG#a-072U7z83TRocrB1f7NIQ3U656RVwinqBQMKti9ful

2. fanquake added the label Linux/Unix on Oct 31, 2018
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   murrayn commented at 9:10 am on October 31, 2018: contributor

   As a workaround, appending ‘-fPIC’ to HARDENED_LDFLAGS and PIE_FLAGS in both Makefile and src/Makefile worked for me.
4. 
   MarcoFalke commented at 12:35 pm on April 26, 2020: member

   FreeBSD is supported now.

   Is this still an issue with a recent version of Bitcoin Core? If yes, what are the steps to reproduce?

5. MarcoFalke closed this on Apr 26, 2020

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6. 
   murrayn commented at 5:02 am on April 27, 2020: contributor

   Yes, it is still an issue (FreeBSD 11.3). To reproduce, just the usual:

   0$ ./autogen.sh
   1$ ./configure [...]
   2$ gmake check
   

7. fanquake reopened this on Apr 27, 2020

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8. 
   MarcoFalke commented at 11:49 am on April 27, 2020: member

   FreeBSD 12.1 works just fine:

   https://cirrus-ci.com/task/6384853019000832

9. 
   MarcoFalke commented at 4:03 pm on April 28, 2020: member

   I also remember that this used to work on freeBSD 11.3. Are you sure this is not a local issue? Is the failure reproducible on a fresh machine?
10. 
    fanquake commented at 2:44 am on April 29, 2020: member

    FWIW I don’t see any issues when building master with Clang 8 inside a FreeBSD 11.3 VM (vagrant). @murrayn can you provide any more info?
11. 
    murrayn commented at 4:35 am on April 29, 2020: contributor

    @fanquake Interesting. I just built on a new FreeBSD 12.1 VM with no issues as well.
12. murrayn closed this on Apr 29, 2020

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13. MarcoFalke locked this on Feb 15, 2022

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