Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> writes:

> On Aug 24 13:19:36, m...@mansr.com wrote:
>> Jan Stary <h...@stare.cz> writes:
>> 
>> >> > cc [...] -o .libs/sox sox.o  -L./.libs -lsox -L/usr/local/lib -lpng 
>> >> > [...]
>> >> > cc [...] -o .libs/sox sox.o  -L/usr/local/lib -L./.libs -lsox -lpng 
>> >> > [...]
>> >> >
>> >> > The first works, the second does not.
>> >> > The only difference between the two is the place
>> >> > where the extra -L/usr/local/lib gets added,
>> >> > as described in the previous emails.
>> >
>> > And it seems libtool itself is the one who breaks it.
>> > This is the failing line again:
>> >
>> > /bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC    --mode=link cc  -g -O2 
>> > -fstack-protector-strong -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes   
>> > -avoid-version -module -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o sox sox.o  
>> > libsox.la                      -lm
>> >
>> > Notice the "-L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed".
>> > The "-L/usr/local/lib" part comes from the configure arg:
>> >
>> >   ./configure CC=cc CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
>> >
>> > The "-Wl,--as-needed" comes from
>> >
>> >   $ grep as-needed configure.ac
>> >   AX_APPEND_LINK_FLAGS([-Wl,--as-needed])
>> >
>> > That results in the following line in src/Makefile:
>> >
>> >   LDFLAGS = -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed
>> >
>> > and that's what is passed in the above command line. Now, libtool
>> > apparently preprocesses the line into something else; in particular,
>> > it reorders the options. The very next command is:
>> >
>> > libtool: link: cc -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wall 
>> > -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -Wl,--as-needed -o .libs/sox 
>> > sox.o  -L/usr/local/lib -L./.libs -lsox -lpng -lltdl -lao -lgsm -lmad 
>> > -lmp3lame -ltwolame -lid3tag -lz -lopusfile -lopus -lsndio -lvorbisfile 
>> > -lwavpack -lcrypto -lsndfile -lFLAC -lvorbisenc -lvorbis -logg -lm 
>> > -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib
>> >
>> > Notice where the -L/usr/local/lib has been moved.
>> > As described previously, if it comes after -lsox
>> > instead of before it, it links just fine.
>> 
>> None of this has changed.  The problem is that you have an old libsox in
>> /usr/local/lib, and with that -L flag early in the command, it takes
>> precedence over the just-built libsox, causing the link to fail.
>
> This seems to be the case - together with GNU libtool
> putting that -L/usr/local/lib _before_ the -L./.libs
> which would link with the "new" libsox.
>
> (And, indeed,
>   $ nm /usr/local/lib/libsox.so.4.0 | grep lsx_malloc
>   $ nm src/.libs/libsox.so.3.0 | grep lsx_malloc
>   00042f60 T lsx_malloc
> which was the actual unresolved symbol, among others).
>
> I can confirm that deleting the previous version of sox
> (installed in /usr/local/ via the OpenBSD sox-14.4.2p5 port)
> makes that problem go away; or, better put, masks the bug
> by removing the condition under which is shows.

Good, we're finally in agreement.

>> This whole issue is unique to OpenBSD.
>
> Having a previous version installed while a new one
> is being built is to be expected, right?

Yes, and it works everywhere I've tested it except OpenBSD.

> Searching for -lsox in the -L path is also perfectly normal.
> As we now know, it is the order of the -L options
> introduced by GNU libtool that breaks it.
>
> Your "clean" VM is a special case in that it does not
> have a previous version installed (as opposed to my screwed up,
> misconfigured machine). When you install the previous sox 14.4.2
> (pkg_add sox), does the
>
>   ./configure CC=cc CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib
>   make V=1
>
> build still work?

I assume it will break.

>> On Linux and FreeBSD the link command uses the full filename of libsox,
>> so it isn't searched for in the -L locations.
>
> I didn't get to FreeBSD testing yet, but on NetBSD
> (where the build fails in other interesting ways), it's
>
> libtool: link: gcc -g -O2 -fstack-protector-strong -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes 
> -Wstrict-prototypes -fopenmp -Wl,--as-needed -o .libs/sox sox.o  
> ./.libs/libsox.so -L/usr/pkg/lib -lmagic /usr/pkg/lib/libFLAC.so 
> /usr/pkg/lib/libopusfile.so /usr/pkg/lib/libopus.so 
> /usr/pkg/lib/libvorbisenc.so /usr/pkg/lib/libvorbisfile.so 
> /usr/pkg/lib/libvorbis.so /usr/pkg/lib/libogg.so -lm -fopenmp -Wl,-rpath 
> -Wl,/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/pkg/lib
>
> So even some of the external libraries are linked via absolute paths -
> seems to be precisely those detected by pkg-config
> (not sure what the point of pkg-config --libs is then);
> the others (-lm -lmagic) are found in the -L path.
>
> The linking commands are not invented by Linux or FreeBSD or OpenBSD
> - they are what libtool or ./configure (or whatever it is inside the
> auto* maze) put into the actual Makefile(s). If I understand the idea
> of autotools at all, the supposed position of libtool is
>
>       "Yo, I know how any given system/linker links;
>       so I can issue the right linking commands
>       for this system/linker right here, man".
>
> What *is* unique about OpenBSD, then, is that GNU libtool
> does in fact not know how to link here. Does that make sense?

Yes, libtool should put the -L.libs before any other -L flags to avoid
such problems.  Why don't you report the bug to them?

-- 
Måns Rullgård


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