/usr/bin/ld: error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1: file too short

[Vitor Luis]

Trying to compile weechat from source:

root@voltron ~/weechat/build # cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug
-- Checking for one of the modules 'php8;php7'
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /root/weechat/build

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root@voltron ~/weechat/build # make -j7
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target buflist
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_plugins_scripts
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target alias
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_plugins
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target charset
File config-git.h is up-to-date (git version: "v4.2.0-194-gf3f9dc388")
[ 4%] Built target translations
[ 4%] Built target version_git
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target exec
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target fifo
[ 5%] Built target weechat_plugins_scripts
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Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target logger
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[ 16%] Built target logger
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Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target tcl
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[ 43%] Built target charset
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target guile
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target php
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target spell
[ 45%] Built target tcl
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Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target trigger
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target typing
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[ 49%] Built target spell
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[ 54%] Built target trigger
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_gui_curses_normal
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_gui_common
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_gui_headless
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_ncurses_fake
[ 60%] Built target xfer
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[ 80%] Built target weechat_gui_common
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat_core
[ 98%] Built target weechat_core
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat
Consolidate compiler generated dependencies of target weechat-headless
[100%] Linking C executable weechat
[100%] Linking C executable weechat-headless
/usr/bin/ld: error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1: file too short
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeFiles/weechat-headless.dir/build.make:109: src/gui/curses/headless/weechat-headless] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:1952: src/gui/curses/headless/CMakeFiles/weechat-headless.dir/all] Error 2
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/usr/bin/ld: error: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1: file too short
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeFiles/weechat.dir/build.make:108: src/gui/curses/normal/weechat] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:1870: src/gui/curses/normal/CMakeFiles/weechat.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:146: all] Error 2

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Reinstalling libkeyutils1 with `apt install --reinstall libkeyutils1`:

root@voltron ~ # apt install --reinstall libkeyutils1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://mirror.hetzner.com/ubuntu/packages jammy/main amd64 libkeyutils1 amd64 1.6.1-2ubuntu3 [10.4 kB]
Fetched 10.4 kB in 0s (129 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 209307 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libkeyutils1_1.6.1-2ubuntu3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libkeyutils1:amd64 (1.6.1-2ubuntu3) over (1.6.1-2ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: warning: symbolic link '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1' size has changed from 20 to 18
Setting up libkeyutils1:amd64 (1.6.1-2ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.6) ...
Scanning processes...
Scanning candidates...
Scanning processor microcode...
Scanning linux images...

The processor microcode seems to be up-to-date.

Restarting services...
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 systemctl restart [e-mail]

No containers need to be restarted.

No user sessions are running outdated binaries.

No VM guests are running outdated hypervisor (qemu) binaries on this host.

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root@voltron ~ # ls -l /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Apr 2 15:02 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1 -> libkeyutils.so.1.9
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 22600 Feb 28 2022 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libkeyutils.so.1.9

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: libkeyutils1 1.6.1-2ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-100.110-generic 5.15.143
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-100-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
Date: Tue Apr 2 15:08:59 2024
SourcePackage: keyutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)