Linking to static libraries with a local DMD install

[rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 21/08/2016 3:54 PM, Henry GOuk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Due to some security limitations, I've had to install DMD in my home
> folder on one of my university computers.
>
> When trying to build a basic vibe.d application (i.e., the one created
> by dub init test --type=vibe.d), linking fails with a large number of
> undefined references to functions in libssl, libcrypto, etc.
>
> Running dub with -v shows that the command which is failing is:
>
> dmd
> -of.dub/build/application-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2071-9C38B44F3C839608CC3543300CB92D81/test
> .dub/build/application-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2071-9C38B44F3C839608CC3543300CB92D81/test.o
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_mail.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_mongodb.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_redis.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_web.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_diet.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_http.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_core.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_data.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_utils.a
> -L--no-as-needed -L-levent -L-levent_pthreads -L-lssl -L-lcrypto -g
>
> If I then execute this command manually, with -v, then I can see that
> this command is failing:
>
> cc
> .dub/build/application-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2071-9C38B44F3C839608CC3543300CB92D81/test.o
> -o
> .dub/build/application-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2071-9C38B44F3C839608CC3543300CB92D81/test
> -g -m64 -Xlinker --no-as-needed -levent -levent_pthreads -lssl -lcrypto
> -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/usr/bin/../lib -Xlinker --export-dynamic
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_mail.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_mongodb.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_redis.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_web.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_diet.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_http.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_core.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_data.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_utils.a -Xlinker
> -Bstatic -lphobos2 -Xlinker -Bdynamic -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl
>
> Once again, with -v:
>
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/collect2 --sysroot=/ --build-id
> --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=gnu --as-needed
> -dynamic-linker /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -z relro -o
> .dub/build/application-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2071-9C38B44F3C839608CC3543300CB92D81/test
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/crtbegin.o
> -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/usr/bin/../lib
> -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/lib/../lib
> -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/usr/lib/../lib
> -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/usr/local/lib/../lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../../lib
> -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
> -L/usr/lib/../lib -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/lib
> -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/usr/lib -L/home/hgrg1/localroot/usr/local/lib
> -L/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../..
> .dub/build/application-debug-linux.posix-x86_64-dmd_2071-9C38B44F3C839608CC3543300CB92D81/stream2vec.o
> --no-as-needed -levent -levent_pthreads -lssl -lcrypto --export-dynamic
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_mail.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_mongodb.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_redis.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_web.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_diet.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_http.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_core.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_data.a
> ../../.dub/packages/vibe-d-0.7.29/vibe-d/libvibe-d_utils.a -Bstatic
> -lphobos2 -Bdynamic -lpthread -lm -lrt -ldl -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s
> --no-as-needed -lc -lgcc --as-needed -lgcc_s --no-as-needed
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/crtend.o
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o
>
>
> If I try to build the same project, initialised the same way, on a
> machine with DMD and libssl, libevent, etc installed in a system-wide
> location then everything works as expected. Does anyone know what I've
> missed out when setting up DMD and the vibe.d dependencies?
>
> Thanks,
> Henry

Please post the error message, without it we're guessing.