GNU bug report logs - #10290
23.3; build failure due to broken stdlib link directives

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> cfl.rr.com>

Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:18:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

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From: Phillip Susi <psusi <at> cfl.rr.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.3; build failure due to broken stdlib link directives
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:15:16 -0500

When trying to build emacs 23.3b, it fails to build because it is trying 
to link with -nostdlib and explicitly link to pre-crt0.o, 
/usr/lib/crt1.o, and /usr/lib/crti.o, which don't exist.

This appears to come from the START_FILES and LIB_STANDARD variables set 
in src/s/gnu-linux.h.  Setting STARTFILES and LIB_STANDARD to nothing 
and removing the -nostdlib flag from Makefile.in resolves the issue.

I have no idea why the build system is trying to explicitly link to (the 
wrong) standard libraries after telling gcc not to link them, but this 
doesn't seem like a very good idea.

I am building on Ubuntu 11.10 with gcc 4.6.1.
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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 10290-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10290: 23.3;
	build failure due to broken stdlib link directives
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:57:36 -0500

Version: 24.1

Phillip Susi wrote:

> When trying to build emacs 23.3b, it fails to build because it is
> trying to link with -nostdlib and explicitly link to pre-crt0.o,
> /usr/lib/crt1.o, and /usr/lib/crti.o, which don't exist.

Thanks for the report. This problem is already fixed for Emacs 24.1.
You might like to try a pretest from

http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/
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