GNU bug report logs - #71029
single-binary build broken on systems with separate libintl

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Audrey Dutcher <audrey <at> rhelmot.io>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: single-binary build broken on systems with separate libintl
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 09:11:05 -0700

On my FreeBSD system, downloading coreutils-9.5.tar.xz, then building
with `./configure --enable-single-binary && make` does not succeed,
with the error message `don't know how to make -Wl,-rpath. Stop`

I believe the root cause of this is
https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/52e024b/src/local.mk#L485,
which mixes DEPENDENCIES and LDADD. This seems bad, for very relevant
reasons!

-- 
Audrey Dutcher
she/her/hers
https://rhelmot.io/

Message #8 received at 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Audrey Dutcher <audrey <at> rhelmot.io>, 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71029: single-binary build broken on systems with separate
 libintl
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 12:12:46 +0100

On 17/05/2024 17:11, Audrey Dutcher wrote:
> On my FreeBSD system, downloading coreutils-9.5.tar.xz, then building
> with `./configure --enable-single-binary && make` does not succeed,
> with the error message `don't know how to make -Wl,-rpath. Stop`
> 
> I believe the root cause of this is
> https://github.com/coreutils/coreutils/blob/52e024b/src/local.mk#L485,
> which mixes DEPENDENCIES and LDADD. This seems bad, for very relevant
> reasons!

I presume you have the same issue with coreutils 9.4 ?

I presume the problematic flags are propagated through LIBINTL or MBRTOWC_LIB.
What are those set to for reference in your Makefile?

I'll have a look at cleaning this up.

thanks,
Pádraig

Message #11 received at 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Audrey Dutcher <audrey <at> rhelmot.io>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71029: single-binary build broken on systems with separate
 libintl
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 10:09:21 -0700

> I presume you have the same issue with coreutils 9.4 ?

Correct.

> I presume the problematic flags are propagated through LIBINTL or MBRTOWC_LIB. What are those set to for reference in your Makefile?

On plain FreeBSD it is set to /usr/local/lib/libintl.so -Wl,-rpath
-Wl,/usr/local/lib. Within a nix jail on FreeBSD (which is where I
encountered the issue first) it is simply -lintl.

Thanks for getting back to me!
- Audrey

Message #14 received at 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Audrey Dutcher <audrey <at> rhelmot.io>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71029: single-binary build broken on systems with separate
 libintl
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 10:10:31 -0700

> I presume the problematic flags are propagated through LIBINTL or MBRTOWC_LIB. What are those set to for reference in your Makefile?

Terribly sorry, I forgot to mention that MBRTOWC_LIB is empty on all
environments I tested in.

Message #17 received at 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Audrey Dutcher <audrey <at> rhelmot.io>
Cc: 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71029: single-binary build broken on systems with separate
 libintl
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 14:02:49 +0100

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On 18/05/2024 18:09, Audrey Dutcher wrote:
>> I presume you have the same issue with coreutils 9.4 ?
> 
> Correct.
> 
>> I presume the problematic flags are propagated through LIBINTL or MBRTOWC_LIB. What are those set to for reference in your Makefile?
> 
> On plain FreeBSD it is set to /usr/local/lib/libintl.so -Wl,-rpath
> -Wl,/usr/local/lib. Within a nix jail on FreeBSD (which is where I
> encountered the issue first) it is simply -lintl.
> 
> Thanks for getting back to me!
> - Audrey

Could you test with the attached,
which should reenable automake protections in this area.

cheers,
Pádraig

[coreutils-single-bsd-build.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

Message #20 received at 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Audrey Dutcher <audrey <at> rhelmot.io>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigbrady.com>
Cc: 71029 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#71029: single-binary build broken on systems with separate
 libintl
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 16:22:15 -0700

> coreutils-single-bsd-build.patch

This works perfectly, thank you! My primary target is Nix so it's very
easy to just plop in the "do autoreconf" directive :)

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