Originally Posted by MartinK

Oh, so the patch is already upstream, just not yet in a released version of Mapnik? For now I've just built the Fedora Mapnik package with the patch on top in COPR:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/co.../build/761846/

Then once we are far enough to submit OSM Scout Server for package review (so that it can go the the official Fedora repos) we can either ask the Mapnik maintainers to include the patch or possibly a new upstream version including it has been released (and the Mapnik maintainers seem to track upstream releases pretty closely).

Originally Posted by MartinK

Is there some functionality libosmscout provides that is not covered by other libraries (Valhalla/libpostal/Mapnik/etc.) ? I think we can indeed skip libosmscout for the initial packaging round, as even if it builds fine in COPR, it would be weird to submit an old version of libosmscout for package review if we know OSM Scout Server will not work with a new version if it ever gets updated.

Originally Posted by MartinK

I've tried to build libpostal yesterday and while the packing & the software itself (a C library with few depndencies) looks fairly simple, the build failed with some rather weird errors:

Code:

/bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -Wfloat-equal -Wpointer-arith -std=gnu99 -DLIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR='"/usr/local/libpostal/data/libpostal"' -g -O3 -Wfloat-equal -Wpointer-arith -std=gnu99 -DLIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR='"/usr/local/libpostal/data/libpostal"' -g  -Wl,-z,relro  -Wl,-z,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/local/lib -o test_libpostal test_libpostal-test.o test_libpostal-test_expand.o test_libpostal-test_parser.o test_libpostal-test_transliterate.o test_libpostal-test_numex.o test_libpostal-test_trie.o test_libpostal-test_string_utils.o test_libpostal-test_crf_context.o ../src/libpostal.la  -lm 
libtool: link: gcc -Wfloat-equal -Wpointer-arith -std=gnu99 -DLIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR=\"/usr/local/libpostal/data/libpostal\" -g -O3 -Wfloat-equal -Wpointer-arith -std=gnu99 -DLIBPOSTAL_DATA_DIR=\"/usr/local/libpostal/data/libpostal\" -g -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -Wl,-z -Wl,now -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -o .libs/test_libpostal test_libpostal-test.o test_libpostal-test_expand.o test_libpostal-test_parser.o test_libpostal-test_transliterate.o test_libpostal-test_numex.o test_libpostal-test_trie.o test_libpostal-test_string_utils.o test_libpostal-test_crf_context.o  -L/usr/local/lib ../src/.libs/libpostal.so -lstdc++ -lm
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_expand.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_parser.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_transliterate.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against symbol `greatest_type_info_string' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_numex.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against symbol `greatest_type_info_string' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_trie.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_string_utils.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: test_libpostal-test_crf_context.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.1' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [Makefile:575: test_libpostal] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/libpostal-1.0.0/test'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:453: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/builddir/build/BUILD/libpostal-1.0.0'
make: *** [Makefile:362: all] Error 2
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.TOmV84 (%build)

Full log: https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject....ilder-live.log

The spec file used: https://github.com/M4rtinK/pkg-libpo...libpostal.spec

Failed build in COPR: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/co.../build/761920/

Googling for "Nonrepresentable section on output" I found some hints that it might be related to PIE/PIC and linking. Any ideas/pointers what to try to fix the build ? Thanks in advance!

Originally Posted by MartinK

It's a important project to which I don't know about any alternatives - so it should also be as widely available as possible, even if it requires some work.