Re: openssl libcrypto dependency on glibc@2.34?

[Alexander Asteroth <alexander.asteroth@h-brs.de>]

On Sun, Nov 26 2023, 09:40:32, Efraim Flashner 
<efraim@flashner.co.il> wrote:

> [[PGP Signed Part:Undecided]]
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 11:26:15AM +0100, Alexander Asteroth 
> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I'm trying to build Python@3.12 on my current guix 
>> distribution. However
>> since Python's `pip` depends on `openssl` I need the `openssl` 
>> package.
>> But somehow openssl seems to be compiled agaist `glibc@2.34` 
>> but version
>> 2.34 is not available in current guix (only .33 and .35).
>> 
>> Or am I getting something completely wrong here?
>> 
>> Error message when runing `configure` for Python@3.21
>> ```
>> Trying link with 
>> OPENSSL_LDFLAGS=-L/gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib;
>> OPENSSL_LIBS=-lssl -lcrypto; 
>> OPENSSL_INCLUDES=-I/gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/include
>> configure:28051: gcc -pthread -o conftest
>> -I/gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/include
>> -L/gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib 
>> conftest.c
>> -lssl -lcrypto -lpthread -ldl  -lutil >&5 
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `dladdr@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `dlclose@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `dlerror@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_key_create@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_unlock@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_setspecific@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_destroy@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_wrlock@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `dlsym@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_getspecific@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_key_delete@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_init@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `dlopen@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_once@GLIBC_2.34'
>> ld:
>> /gnu/store/rlqmahvxh2q1wz1nw529qlaky6x3zh9g-openssl-3.0.8/lib/libcrypto.so:
>> undefined reference to `pthread_rwlock_rdlock@GLIBC_2.34'
>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>> ```
>
> Are you trying to build it by hand or by creating a package? I 
> would
> guess that pthread_rwlock_rdlock was introduced in glibc@2.34 
> and its
> trying to pickup your system's earlier version of glibc.

That probably was the case. I was trying to create the package by 
hand. After several updates (I tried out a few things) it somehow 
finally worked but I can't tell what was the cause.

Cheers
Alex