Bug #38893 mysql build is ridiculously explicit about which libraries to link
Submitted: 19 Aug 2008 14:25 Modified: 16 Jan 2014 13:54
Reporter: Daniel Fischer Email Updates:
Status: Won't fix Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Compiling Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.1, 6.0 OS:Any (Solaris 10 i386)
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[19 Aug 2008 14:25] Daniel Fischer 
Description:
Libraries to link are being passed to the linker multiple times. Example line from a build log:

CC -instances=static -g -O2 -D_FORTEC_ -noex -DHAVE_RWLOCK_T -DBIG_TABLES -g -o ndb_restore restore_main.o consumer.o consumer_restore.o consumer_printer.o Restore.o NDBT_ResultRow.o NDBT_ReturnCodes.o NDBT_Table.o NDBT_Output.o  ../../../storage/ndb/src/.libs/libndbclient.a -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread -lnsl -lrt -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lpthread -lthread ../../../dbug/libdbug.a ../../../mysys/libmysys.a ../../../strings/libmystrings.a ../../../zlib/.libs/libzlt.a -lrt -lsocket -lnsl -lnsl -lrt -lresolv -lsocket -lpthread -lthread -lrt -lgen -lsocket -lnsl -lm -lpthread -lthread

How to repeat:
build 6.0, observe scroll
[19 Aug 2008 14:42] Sveta Smirnova 
Thank you for the report.

I can not notice same behavior in my environment. Please indicate platform and how you compile MySQL.
[19 Aug 2008 14:45] Daniel Fischer 
Compiler used: Sun Studio 12
Platform: Solaris 10 i386

+ uname -a
SunOS siv21 5.10 Generic_127128-11 i86pc i386 i86pc
+ ASFLAGS=-g
+ LDFLAGS=-g
+ CFLAGS='-g -O2 -Xa -xstrconst -mt -D_FORTEC_'
+ CXXFLAGS='-g -O2 -noex -mt -D_FORTEC_'
+ export CFLAGS
+ export CXXFLAGS
+ export ASFLAGS
+ export LDFLAGS
+ ./configure --enable-thread-safe-client --enable-local-infile --with-pic --with-client-ldflags=-static --with-mysqld-ldflags=-static --with-zlib-dir=bundled --without-ndb-debug --with-big-tables --with-ssl --with-readline --with-embedded-server --with-archive-storage-engine --with-blackhole-storage-engine --with-csv-storage-engine --with-example-storage-engine --with-federated-storage-engine --with-partition --with-extra-charsets=all --with-innodb --with-ndbcluster --with-libevent --with-falcon
[28 Sep 2010 18:32] Jonathan Perkin 
Danny,

CMake appears to fix this, at least some logs I've checked have no such repetition.

Given we're unlikely to fix this for 5.1, time to close this bug?
[16 Jan 2014 13:53] Ståle Deraas 
Posted by developer:
 
Autotools specific.