[yocto] [poky] Is this a bug of binutils

[Laurentiu Palcu]

Hi Li Zhijian,

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:57:22AM +0800, Li Zhijian wrote:
> Hi，Laurentiu
> 
> I think it could be something wrong with binutils(2.23.1 or later)
> there is different behavior at binutils-2.23.1/ld/ldfile.c（ldfile_open_file_search) from binutils-2.22
> 
> If both --sysroot directory and -L directory include libc.so , ld don't work
> In my case， there are double libc.so(/yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-poky-linux/usr/lib/libc.so and tmp/sysroots/qemux86-64/usr/lib/libc.so)
> 
> ld will link tmp/sysroots/qemux86-64/usr/lib/libc.so（ld always searchs -L directory at first)
> then link /lib/libc.so.6 specified at tmp/sysroots/qemux86-64/usr/lib/libc.so instead of
> append sysroot directory path before /lib/libc.so.6
> 
> here is a sample method reproduce it
> 
> lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ source toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/environment-setup-x86_64-poky-linux
> [lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ echo $CC
> x86_64-poky-linux-gcc -m64 --sysroot=/yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-poky-linux
> [lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ $LD --version
> GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1.20121113
> [lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ mkdir -p fake_rootfs/usr/lib
> [lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ cp /yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-poky-linux/usr/lib/libc.so fake_rootfs/usr/lib/
This libc.so is actually a linker script with the following contents:

/* GNU ld script
   Use the shared library, but some functions are only in
   the static library, so try that secondarily.  */
OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64)
GROUP ( /lib/libc.so.6 /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a  AS_NEEDED (/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 ) )

So, the /lib/libc.so.6 and /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a will be searched until no
undefined references are created. So, it looks like this linker script
overrides the --sysroot behavior. To be honest (even though I'm not an expert in
binutils), I think this is right behavior. I don't know why this works with the
previous binutils...

Thanks,
Laurentiu

> [lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ ls fake_rootfs/usr/lib/
> libc.so
> [lizj at suika x86-64-yocto-1.3]$ $CC -o test test.c -L ./fake_rootfs/usr/lib/
> test.c: In function 'main':
> test.c:3:9: warning: incompatible implicit declaration of built-in function 'printf' [enabled by default]
> /yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/x86_64-poky-linux/../../libexec/x86_64-poky-linux/gcc/x86_64-poky-linux/4.7.2/ld: skipping incompatible /lib/libc.so.6 when searching for /lib/libc.so.6
> /yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/x86_64-poky-linux/../../libexec/x86_64-poky-linux/gcc/x86_64-poky-linux/4.7.2/ld: cannot find /lib/libc.so.6
> /yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/x86_64-poky-linux/../../libexec/x86_64-poky-linux/gcc/x86_64-poky-linux/4.7.2/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a when searching for /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a
> /yocto/fnst/lizj/build_yocto/x86-64-yocto-1.3/toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/sysroots/x86_64-pokysdk-linux/usr/bin/x86_64-poky-linux/../../libexec/x86_64-poky-linux/gcc/x86_64-poky-linux/4.7.2/ld: cannot find /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> It seems that ld don‘t  really reasonable to do like that，which binutils-2.22 can handle correctly
> Does poky mind this behavior
> 
> 
> 以上
> 
> -- 
> Best regards.
> Li Zhijian
> 
> 
> 
> at 2013-9-20 19:00, Laurentiu Palcu wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 06:25:19PM +0800, Li Zhijian wrote:
> >>>>>>>III） compile a simple C program
> >>>>>>># cat test.c
> >>>>>>>int main ()
> >>>>>>>{
> >>>>>>>printf("hello world\n");
> >>>>>>>return 0;
> >>>>>>>}
> >>>>>>># source toolchain-1.3-tcmode-default/environment-setup-x86_64-poky-linux
> >>>>>>># $CC -o test test.c -L tmp/sysroots/qemux86-64/usr/lib/ -lm
> >OK, it looks like something strange happens in your setup.
> >
> >To debug it, let's add '-Wl,--verbose' at the end of your command and you
> >should be able to see where the linker is looking for libraries. Also,
> >the linker script will be printed.
> >
> >You should see it try your directory first
> >tmp/sysroots/qemux86-64/usr/lib/, and then fall through the default ones
> >with the sysroot prefix added and, at the end, the system ones:
> >/lib:/usr/lib.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Laurentiu
> >
> >
> 
> 
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