[Pyrex] build failure on wrapper definition

[Jim Kaubisch]

Hi,

I'm trying to write a wrapper around a c library supplied by the
manufacturer of process control equipment we're using. This is my first
attempt at using Pyrex and it looks like I've already landed in a bunch
of trouble - my pyx file compiles ok, but the linker chokes as per
following extracts. There are a fair number of ctypedef's and cdef
enum's in the file, but the def below is the first instance of trying
to define a wrapper. The file built ok before adding the "def". Any
hint of what is happening here would be greatly appreciated! :-)

Thanks,
Jim

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cdef extern from "/usr/include/stdint.h":

#typedef uint32_t  u32;	// 32-bit unsigned.
	ctypedef unsigned int uint32_t
	ctypedef uint32_t u32

cdef extern from "Sens121.h":
#extern u32 S26_DriverOpen ( u32 NumMMs );
	u32 S26_DriverOpen ( u32 NumMMs )

#	u32 S26_DriverOpen ( u32 NumMMs )
def s26_DriverOpen (numMMs):
        return S26_DriverOpen (numMMs)

Using distutils, this is the result of trying to build

python setup.py build_ext --inplace
running build_ext
building 'Sens121' extension
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fPIC
-I/usr/include/python2.4 -c Sens121.c -o
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/Sens121.o
gcc -pthread -shared build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/Sens121.o ./lib2600.a
-o Sens121.so
/usr/bin/ld: ./lib2600.a(s26core.o): relocation R_X86_64_32S against `a
local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile
with -fPIC
./lib2600.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1


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