On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 12:59:53PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:

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The build fails with: [ 44s] cc -lxml2 -lpthread xml2man.o strcompat.o -o xml2man [ 44s] xml2man.o: In function `writeData_sub': [ 44s] /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/headerdoc-8.9.14/xmlman/xml2man.c:730: undefined reference to `xmlUnlinkNode'

This means, that cc does not find libxml2.

It does, but there are no references to it at this point. They only come in later on the command line, but then it's already too late. Object files and libraries are processed in order they are listed, and if a library doesn't resolve an undefined reference it is ignored.

I know, that this happen for static libraries. The above command don't use -static, so the dynamic library should be used. Dynamic libraries are different: Distributions have been fighting agains not necessary -lxxx statements (eg. with -Wl,--as-needed). They are added unconditional, which result in not necessary dependencies between packages. Example in a openSuSE 12.3 chroot: $ cc -lxml2 -lpthread -lpng xml2man.o strcompat.o -o xml2man $ ldd ./xml2man linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff069a3000) libxml2.so.2 => /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2 (0x00007fa97bcf8000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fa97badc000) libpng15.so.15 => /usr/lib64/libpng15.so.15 (0x00007fa97b8ad000) libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fa97b500000) libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fa97b2fc000) libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x00007fa97b0e6000) liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib64/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fa97aec0000) libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fa97abc2000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fa97c05f000) So gcc will even include totally unrelated dynamic libraries, regardless of their position. The compiler in my chroot is the same as in the obs log, as $ rpm -V gcc47-4.7.2_20130108-2.1.6 gcc-4.7-7.1.1 binutils-2.23.1-2.2.1 reported no differences. A -Wl,--as-needed as first argument to cc would result in such a build failure, but: * I use the same distribution (and compiler packages) as this OBS build. * Nothing in the OBS logs shows, that such an option is inserted into the command line * rpmbuild in a 12.3 chroot also behaves like -Wl,--as-needed is not used. So: * Are there any modified packages used on the OBS workers? * Is there anything, which inserts such a option? * Or is there some different happening? Regards, Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org

On Sat, Aug 17, 2013 at 08:51:46PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:

Martin Koegler writes:

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* Is there anything, which inserts such a option?

See https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Factory/binutils/binut....

Thanks. That patch explains, what happens and how to test/fix the issue. There is still one open question: How is the environment variable SUSE_ASNEEDED injected into the build process? Of the base opensuse packages, just ld of binutils contains that string (caused by the patch above). The obs-build sources as well as the open-build-system sources does not contain that string. I have also not been able to locate it in the project config of Factory, 12.X, Base, Base:System, .... Regards, Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-buildservice+owner@opensuse.org