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[BJ Dierkes <wdierkes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan, Thank you for the report .... that said, because python26 was
recently added to EPEL 5 and is compatible with python26.ius, we will
begin EOL'ing all the python26 packages in the near future.  Any
subpackages will be moved to EPEL so no functionality will be lost, but
we are no longer adding packages for python26 to IUS.

The first place to start would be to contact the maintainers of python-
imaging in Fedora/EPEL and see if they would be willing to also maintain
python26-imaging:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/python-imaging


You might want to check the python26 package you have installed (rpm -qi) and verify whether it is Fedora EPEL's or ours (check the build host).  You want to make sure you are using EPEL's, and if so may wish to submit a bug report to bugzilla.redhat.com regarding the package and -fPIC.

** Changed in: ius
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Request for Python26-imaging
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586263
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Status in IUS Community Project: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Hi,

This project has saved my skin more than once but I've got a problem now that I can't solve without a little help. I've installed the python26-* libraries fine on a RHEL5 box but I can't get PIL to build at all with 2.6 due to the following error:

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/local/lib/libpython2.6.a(abstract.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `a local symbol' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/local/lib/libpython2.6.a: could not read symbols: Bad value
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status


Now I'm presuming that the python26-library package is built without -fPIC flag? Is there anyway a python26-Imaging package could be added? For reference chris lea has written one but it fails because he set the user to himself :D 

More than happy to test, just not sure how to package this correctly as am normally a django developer!
Cheers,
Dan