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Re: library linking error
I'm glad to be of help.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Aha - the package is somehow failing to install libgroove.so as a symlink
> to libgroove.so.2.
>
> I double checked debian/libgroove2.install and found the culprit:
>
> usr/lib/lib*.so.*
>
> I am now changing this to
>
> usr/lib/lib*.so*
>
> which should do the trick.
>
> Thanks for the help Frank - I really appreciate it. Sorry for being so
> slow to understand.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> My mistake for speaking so soon. I tried deleting /usr/lib/libgroove.a
>> and tried to link again, and I get:
>>
>> andy@andy-bx:~/tmp$ c99 -o test test.c -lgroove
>> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgroove
>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>
>>
>> This surprised me, because I have the .so in my system:
>>
>> andy@andy-bx:~$ ls -alh /usr/lib | grep groove
>> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Nov 19 10:18 libgroove.so.2 ->
>> libgroove.so.2.0.2
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.7M Nov 19 10:18 libgroove.so.2.0.2
>> andy@andy-bx:~$ objdump -p /usr/lib/libgroove.so.2.0.2 | grep SONAME
>> SONAME libgroove.so.2
>>
>> I'm at a loss as to how ld is unable to find that file.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Frank Trampe <frank.trampe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Frank Trampe <frank.trampe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As you're running it, gcc is trying to link statically (against
>>>>>> libgroove.a), so the contents of libgroove.so don't mean much. Are you
>>>>>> trying to link dynamically?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes I am trying to link dynamically. I'm confused - I thought using -l
>>>>> was dynamic linking and specifying -static and supplying .a files does
>>>>> static linking.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Most gcc installations on Linux try to link dynamically first if the
>>>> shared libraries are available and in the search path (I think) but will
>>>> fall back to static otherwise. Are you sure that the relevant so files are
>>>> in the search paths? Perhaps you could add the path manually via -L or
>>>> LIBRARY_PATH and see if that bypasses the problem.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes I am sure that the relevant .so files are in the search paths.
>>> libgroove.so should be the only necessary file. Observe:
>>>
>>> $ c99 -o test test.c
>>> /tmp/ccdS8adV.o: In function `main':
>>> test.c:(.text+0x41): undefined reference to `groove_init'
>>> test.c:(.text+0x46): undefined reference to `groove_finish'
>>> test.c:(.text+0x55): undefined reference to `groove_set_logging'
>>> test.c:(.text+0x5a): undefined reference to `groove_playlist_create'
>>> test.c:(.text+0x92): undefined reference to `groove_player_create'
>>> test.c:(.text+0xa9): undefined reference to `groove_player_attach'
>>> test.c:(.text+0xd9): undefined reference to `groove_file_open'
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>>
>>> $ c99 -o test test.c -lgroove
>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o):
>>> In function `cleanup_save':
>>> (.text+0x29): undefined reference to `av_free_packet'
>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o):
>>> In function `cleanup_save':
>>> (.text+0x39): undefined reference to `avio_closep'
>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o):
>>> In function `cleanup_save':
>>> (.text+0x54): undefined reference to `avformat_free_context'
>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o):
>>> In function `cleanup_save':
>>> (.text+0xa1): undefined reference to `av_log'
>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o):
>>> In function `groove_file_close':
>>> (.text+0xe6): undefined reference to `av_free_packet'
>>> (snip)
>>>
>>> The libav and SDL2 dependencies are internal to libgroove and should be
>>> completely hidden from the end-user of libgroove.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Either way, you will probably want to adjust the dependencies for the
>>>> package with the static library such that it pulls in the static libraries
>>>> for libsdl and libav at installation.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I agree that this is desirable. I searched for how to do this and the
>>> advice that I got was to not do it. Would you be willing to go more into
>>> detail about how to pull in static dependencies so that users who want to
>>> link statically against my library will not have to also link statically
>>> against my dependencies?
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Furthermore, when I link the exact same test.c file with the same gcc
>>>>> args against a libgroove installation that was built from source rather
>>>>> than from the PPA, it successfully links and runs. What could explain this
>>>>> behavior?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Is this on the same machine?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. You can try it for yourself if you want:
>>> https://github.com/superjoe30/libgroove/archive/2.0.2.tar.gz
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Running nm -g on your static library shows that it includes undefined
>>>>>> static symbols for the functions that you list. If you link against those
>>>>>> libraries (libav and libsdl) when building test.c, this ought to work.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Andrew Kelley <superjoe30@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I just added a library to my ppa:
>>>>>>> https://launchpad.net/~andrewrk/+archive/libgroove
>>>>>>> so far so good, it installs on my system. But when I compile a
>>>>>>> program against it, I get linker errors - undefined symbols from libraries
>>>>>>> that my library depends on. This does not happen when I manually build from
>>>>>>> source.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here are some more details.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The problem:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> andy@andy-bx:~/tmp$ c99 -o test test.c -lgroove
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `cleanup_save':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x29): undefined reference to `av_free_packet'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `cleanup_save':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x39): undefined reference to `avio_closep'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `cleanup_save':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x54): undefined reference to `avformat_free_context'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `cleanup_save':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0xa1): undefined reference to `av_log'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_close':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0xe6): undefined reference to `av_free_packet'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_close':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x105): undefined reference to `avcodec_close'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_close':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x12b): undefined reference to `avformat_close_input'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_close':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x139): undefined reference to `SDL_DestroyMutex'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_open':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x16f): undefined reference to `av_mallocz'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_open':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x18f): undefined reference to `SDL_CreateMutex'
>>>>>>> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib/libgroove.a(file.c.o): In function `groove_file_open':
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (.text+0x1a1): undefined reference to `avformat_alloc_context'
>>>>>>> ...(snip)...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libav is a static dependency of libgroove, and SDL2 is a dynamic dependency.
>>>>>>> test.c uses only libgroove, it does not depend on libav or SDL2.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> andy@andy-bx:~$ ldd /usr/lib/libgroove.so.2.0.2
>>>>>>> linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff499c9000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fc04ecde000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fc04eac5000)
>>>>>>> libmp3lame.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmp3lame.so.0 (0x00007fc04e837000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fc04e61a000)
>>>>>>> libSDL2-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fc04e346000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fc04df7d000)
>>>>>>> libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fc04dc79000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fc04ff2a000)
>>>>>>> libasound.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasound.so.2 (0x00007fc04d989000)
>>>>>>> libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fc04d784000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libpulse-simple.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse-simple.so.0 (0x00007fc04d580000)
>>>>>>> libpulse.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpulse.so.0 (0x00007fc04d337000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fc04d001000)
>>>>>>> libXext.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fc04cdef000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libXcursor.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fc04cbe5000)
>>>>>>> libXinerama.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fc04c9e1000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libXi.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXi.so.6 (0x00007fc04c7d1000)
>>>>>>> libXrandr.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fc04c5c7000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libXss.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXss.so.1 (0x00007fc04c3c2000)
>>>>>>> libXxf86vm.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXxf86vm.so.1 (0x00007fc04c1bc000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fc04bfb4000)
>>>>>>> libpulsecommon-4.0.so => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pulseaudio/libpulsecommon-4.0.so (0x00007fc04bd4c000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libjson-c.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjson-c.so.2 (0x00007fc04bb42000)
>>>>>>> libdbus-1.so.3 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdbus-1.so.3 (0x00007fc04b8fc000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fc04b6de000)
>>>>>>> libXrender.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fc04b4d4000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libXfixes.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fc04b2cd000)
>>>>>>> libwrap.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libwrap.so.0 (0x00007fc04b0c3000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libsndfile.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsndfile.so.1 (0x00007fc04ae5a000)
>>>>>>> libasyncns.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libasyncns.so.0 (0x00007fc04ac54000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fc04aa50000)
>>>>>>> libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fc04a849000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libnsl.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 (0x00007fc04a62f000)
>>>>>>> libFLAC.so.8 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libFLAC.so.8 (0x00007fc04a3fe000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libvorbisenc.so.2 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbisenc.so.2 (0x00007fc049f2e000)
>>>>>>> libvorbis.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvorbis.so.0 (0x00007fc049d01000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> libogg.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libogg.so.0 (0x00007fc049af8000)
>>>>>>> libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fc0498dd000)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # libav is not on this list because libgroove depends statically upon it
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> here's the difference in linker steps for libgroove.so between the working manual build and the not-working PPA build:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # ppa link step (broken):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /usr/bin/cc -fPIC -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -O2 -g -DNDEBUG -Wl,-Bsymbolic -Wl,-z,relro -shared -Wl,-soname,libgroove.so.2 -o libgroove.so.2.0.2 CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/queue.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/loudness_detector.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/buffer.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/encoder.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/file.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/playlist.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/global.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/player.c.o deps/libav/install/lib/libavfilter.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavformat.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavcodec.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavresample.a deps/libav/install/lib/libswscale.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavutil.a -lbz2 -lz -lmp3lame -lpthread -Wl,-Bstatic -lSDL2main -Wl,-Bdynamic -lSDL2 -lpthread -Wl,-Bstatic -lebur128 -lSDL2main -Wl,-Bdynamic -lSDL2 -Wl,-Bstatic -lebur128 -Wl,-Bdynamic
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # see full build log: https://launchpadlibrarian.net/156927161/buildlog_ubuntu-saucy-amd64.libgroove_2.0.2-2_UPLOADING.txt.gz
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> # build manually from source link step (works):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /usr/bin/cc -fPIC -Wl,-Bsymbolic -shared -Wl,-soname,libgroove.so.2 -o libgroove.so.2.0.0 CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/global.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/loudness_detector.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/playlist.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/buffer.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/encoder.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/queue.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/file.c.o CMakeFiles/groove.dir/src/player.c.o deps/libav/install/lib/libavfilter.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavformat.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavcodec.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavresample.a deps/libav/install/lib/libswscale.a deps/libav/install/lib/libavutil.a -lbz2 -lz -lmp3lame -lpthread -Wl,-Bstatic -lSDL2main -Wl,-Bdynamic -lSDL2 -lpthread deps/ebur128/libebur128.a -Wl,-Bstatic -lSDL2main -Wl,-Bdynamic -lSDL2
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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