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binutils package

unresolved symbols using bfd linker

Bug #1415317 reported by Jerry Quinn on 2015-01-28

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	binutils (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Linking a c++ program gets unresolved symbols using the default bfd linker. Switching to gold solves the problem.

* Linking with gold

jlquinn@tiamat:~/mt/libanalytic/src/lid$ g++ -fuse-ld=gold -L/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt -o /home/jlquinn/mt/bin/x86_64/opt/lidTester /home/jlquinn/mt/obj/x86_64/opt/libanalytic/src/lid/lidTester.o -L/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt -llid -lmaxent -llm -lACEcommon -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -licuio -licuuc -licui18n -licudata -ldl -lcrypto -lyajl -lcurl -lz -lxml2 -lm
jlquinn@tiamat:~/mt/libanalytic/src/lid$

* Linking with bfd

jlquinn@tiamat:~/mt/libanalytic/src/lid$ g++ -L/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt -o /home/jlquinn/mt/bin/x86_64/opt/lidTester /home/jlquinn/mt/obj/x86_64/opt/libanalytic/src/lid/lidTester.o -L/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt -llid -lmaxent -llm -lACEcommon -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -licuio -licuuc -licui18n -licudata -ldl -lcrypto -lyajl -lcurl -lz -lxml2 -lm
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread_noexcept()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::detach()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::reset()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_header::process(char)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::do_init(bool, void* (*)(void*, int, int), void (*)(void*, void*), void*)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_header::reset()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::native_handle()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::process(char)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::end(bool)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::before(char const*&, char const*, char*&, char*)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib_error::check(int)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::default_compression'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::after(char const*&, char*&)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::do_init(boost::iostreams::zlib_params const&, bool, void* (*)(void*, unsigned int, unsigned int), void (*)(void*, void*), void*)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::stream_end'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::before(char const*&, char const*, char*&, char*)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `vtable for boost::detail::thread_data_base'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::check_end(char const*, char const*)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::zlib_base()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2::stream_end'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2_error::check(int)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::~zlib_base()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::after(char const*&, char*&, bool)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::~bzip2_base()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::default_strategy'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::detail::thread_data_base'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::okay'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::bzip2_base(boost::iostreams::bzip2_params const&)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2::ok'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::join_noexcept()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::reset(bool, bool)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::sync_flush'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::decompress()'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::xinflate(int)'
/home/jlquinn/mt/lib/x86_64/opt/libmaxent.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::deflated'

jlquinn@tiamat:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04

jlquinn@tiamat:~$ apt-cache policy binutils
binutils:
  Installed: 2.24-5ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2.24-5ubuntu3
  Version table:
*** 2.24-5ubuntu3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: binutils 2.24-5ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-44.73-generic 3.13.11-ckt12
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-44-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jan 27 23:56:46 2015
Dependencies:
gcc-4.9-base 4.9.1-0ubuntu1
libc6 2.19-0ubuntu6.5
libgcc1 1:4.9.1-0ubuntu1
multiarch-support 2.19-0ubuntu6.5
zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-1ubuntu1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-08 (111 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
SourcePackage: binutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-28:

ProcEnviron.txt Edit (103 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote on 2015-01-28:

please attach the required objects and/or sources

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-28:

It's a proprietary application. I'll first try to create a small test case. If that doesn't work, will objects stripped of symbols and debugging be sufficient for looking at the problem?

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

lidTester.o Edit (7.7 KiB, application/x-object)

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

liblid.so Edit (3.0 MiB, application/octet-stream)

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

libme.so Edit (2.1 MiB, application/octet-stream)

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

liblm.so Edit (1.3 MiB, application/octet-stream)

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

libcommon.so Edit (327.4 KiB, application/octet-stream)

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

Download full text (3.8 KiB)

jlquinn@tiamat:~/bug$ g++ -fuse-ld=gold -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -o lidTester liblid.so libme.so liblm.so libcommon.so -lm -lboost_serialization -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata

jlquinn@tiamat:~/bug$ g++ -fuse-ld=bfd -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -o lidTester liblid.so libme.so liblm.so libcommon.so -lm -lboost_serialization -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::native_handle()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::deflated'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::before(char const*&, char const*, char*&, char*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib_error::check(int)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::okay'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::decompress()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::reset(bool, bool)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::reset()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::stream_end'
libme.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::detail::thread_data_base'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::check_end(char const*, char const*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::xinflate(int)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::do_init(boost::iostreams::zlib_params const&, bool, void* (*)(void*, unsigned int, unsigned int), void (*)(void*, void*), void*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::after(char const*&, char*&)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::before(char const*&, char const*, char*&, char*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `icu_52::RegexPattern::compile(icu_52::UnicodeString const&, unsigned int, UParseError&, UErrorCode&)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::zlib_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::detach()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::process(char)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::join_noexcept()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::bzip2_base(boost::iostreams::bzip2_params const&)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2_error::check(int)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::~zlib_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2::ok'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_header::process(char)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_header::reset()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::default_strategy'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread_noexcept()'
libme.so: undefined reference t...

jlquinn@tiamat:~/bug$ g++ -fuse-ld=gold -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -o lidTester liblid.so libme.so liblm.so libcommon.so -lm  -lboost_serialization -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread  -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata

jlquinn@tiamat:~/bug$ g++ -fuse-ld=bfd -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -o lidTester liblid.so libme.so liblm.so libcommon.so -lm  -lboost_serialization -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread  -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::native_handle()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::deflated'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::before(char const*&, char const*, char*&, char*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib_error::check(int)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::okay'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::decompress()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::reset(bool, bool)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::reset()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::stream_end'
libme.so: undefined reference to `typeinfo for boost::detail::thread_data_base'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::check_end(char const*, char const*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::xinflate(int)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::do_init(boost::iostreams::zlib_params const&, bool, void* (*)(void*, unsigned int, unsigned int), void (*)(void*, void*), void*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::after(char const*&, char*&)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::before(char const*&, char const*, char*&, char*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::detail::thread_data_base::~thread_data_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `icu_52::RegexPattern::compile(icu_52::UnicodeString const&, unsigned int, UParseError&, UErrorCode&)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::zlib_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::detach()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_footer::process(char)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::join_noexcept()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::bzip2_base(boost::iostreams::bzip2_params const&)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2_error::check(int)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::~zlib_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2::ok'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_header::process(char)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::gzip_header::reset()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::default_strategy'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::start_thread_noexcept()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::do_init(bool, void* (*)(void*, int, int), void (*)(void*, void*), void*)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::sync_flush'
libme.so: undefined reference to `vtable for boost::detail::thread_data_base'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::~bzip2_base()'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::zlib_base::after(char const*&, char*&, bool)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::bzip2::stream_end'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::detail::bzip2_base::end(bool)'
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::iostreams::zlib::default_compression'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-01-29:

#10

Sorry, forgot to include the main program in the link commands:

jlquinn@tiamat:~/bug$ g++ -fuse-ld=gold -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -o lidTester lidTester.o liblid.so libme.so liblm.so libcommon.so -lm -lboost_serialization -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata

jlquinn@tiamat:~/bug$ g++ -fuse-ld=bfd -fPIC -fno-omit-frame-pointer -o lidTester lidTester.o liblid.so libme.so liblm.so libcommon.so -lm -lboost_serialization -lboost_filesystem -lboost_regex -lboost_iostreams -lboost_thread -lboost_system -lpthread -licuio -licui18n -licuuc -licudata
libme.so: undefined reference to `boost::thread::native_handle()'
.....

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2015-03-31:

#11

[Expired for binutils (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Expired

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-03-31:

#12

Someone please look at this? The bug expired without any comment. It's an issue for development.

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status:	Expired → New

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-06-15:

#13

Ping. It's been 5 months since I filed this bug with no response.

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-07-26:

#14

Bump. Any thoughts?

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-09-09:

#15

Bump. We're still being bitten by this bug.

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2015-10-27:

#16

Bump.

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-01-29:

#17

Bump. This is still there.

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-03-24:

#18

Bump.

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-05-26:

#19

Bump. Anyone looking at this?

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-06-23:

#20

This bug affects Ubuntu 16.04 as well as 14.04.

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-06-23:

#21

This is very reproducible on multiple machines.

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-07-30:

#22

Bump. Someone please look?

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Jerry Quinn (jlquinn) wrote on 2016-10-30:

#23

Bump.

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