[Evms-devel] Solution: /lib/libdl.so.2: undefined reference to `atexit'

[Bas <web...@gm...>]

> On Friday 15 February 2002 03:43, Bas ten Berge wrote:
> > > I tried to compile the evms tools, but it stops with an error saying:
> > > $ make
> > > gcc -L/usr/local/src/evms-0.9.0/engine/Engine
> >
> -L/usr/local/src/evms-0.9.0/engine/dlist -L/usr/local/lib  -ldlist -levms
> > > -o evms_lvreduce evms_lvreduce.o
> > > /lib/libdl.so.2: undefined reference to `atexit'
> > > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > make: *** [evms_vgscan] Error 1
> > >
> > > That's just bizarre. I know the EVMS LvmUtils don't use exit or atexit
or
> > > anything like that. Did it successfully link everything up to that
file?
> > > Specifically, the EVMS CommandLine and the EVMS GUI?
> >
> > I was able to compile the libraries and the evms and evmsparser tools,
that
> > was no problem. I didn't install any of the GTK or GLIB tools, so I
didn't
> > compile the EVMS GUI. It was possible to compile the ncurses interface
in
> > CVS, but I couldn't execute it.
>
> What did it do when you tried to run evmsn? Any error messages? Could you
run
> the Command Line (evms)?
>
> Did any of the other LvmUtils compile and link correctly (in
> engine/UserInterface/LvmUtils)? Your error message says it failed on
> evms_lvreduce, which is the fourth utility in that directory, which means
> there should be three that successfully linked.

Hi Kevin,

It appears to be a glibc 2.2.5 and 2.2.4 bug. It is solved by adding
the -ldl flag to the link command line. I added it to rules.make:

LIBDIRS         = -L$(HOMEDIR)/Engine -L$(HOMEDIR)/dlist -L$(libdir) -ldl

So I guess now I can give evms a testdrive. Thanks for your trouble,
Bas.