GNU bug report logs - #63238
issue linking to librt

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From: "Ava Hahn" <avavava <at> sunnypup.io>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: issue linking to librt
Date: Tue, 02 May 2023 13:01:28 -0700

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Hello All,

I believe I have stumbled on an issue with how the libraries in glibc are stored.
If I run "ld -lrt" it reports "ld: cannot find -lrt: No such file or directory"
Meanwhile, I can find librt with "ldconfig -p | grep librt": "librt.so.1 ... => /gnu/store/...".

In order to get ld to find librt I need to take the following steps:
- make a folder I can write to (not .~/guix-profile/lib)
- symlink ~/.guix-profile/lib/librt.so.1 to /my-folder/librt.so
- add the corresponding option to ld: "ld -lrt -L ~/lib"
Then ld is able to find librt.

I stumbled on this while trying to compile a rust project with "cargo build".
Compiling any dependency that relied on libc failed on linking to librt.

Feel free to let me know if there is some Guix facility I should be using instead. I am pretty new to this. I tried using cargo in a Guix shell but the same problem persisted.

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From: semilin <semilin <at> disroot.org>
To: 63238 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Date: Wed, 03 May 2023 20:40:08 -0700

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I encountered the same issue recently. I used to be able to compile with 
`cargo build` just fine just a few days ago. I recently upgraded my 
system from glibc 2.33 to 2.35, and I'd guess it's related to that. 
However, running it in `guix shell glibc <at> 2.33` results in the same 
problem, so I'm not sure.

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From: Brian Cully <bjc <at> spork.org>
To: semilin <semilin <at> disroot.org>
Cc: 63238 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#63238: issue linking to librt
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:58:46 -0400

librt and libpthread were merged into libc with glibc 2.34, however, for
compatibility, there exist empty .a files to satisfy the linker. But
because Guix has a separate output for the static libraries, they need
to be explicitly installed from ‘glibc:static’, which allows Cargo to do
its thing.

Cargo itself should probably be fixed so that it no longer tries to link
with these libraries, but until that time, the above work-around suffices.

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