static linking working w/gnu? (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux v2.33-rc1)

[L A Walsh <lkml@tlinx.org>]

On 10/2/2018 3:14 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2018 at 04:33:14PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
>   
>> On 9/25/2018 3:47 AM, Karel Zak wrote:
>>     
>>> The commands mount and umount
>>>       
>> ---
>>   I note that umount has a static option umount.static, but I don't see
>> the same for mount (i.e. mount.static).
>>     
>
>  $ ./configure --enable-static-programs=mount,umount
>  $ make mount.static umount.static
>
> works for me:
>   

On 10/7/2018 8:13 AM, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:

On Sun, Oct 07, Stefan Seyfried wrote:

> > /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/8/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> > ./.libs/libmount.a(libmount_la-utils.o): in function `mnt_get_gid':
> > /dev/shm/util-linux-2.33-rc1/libmount/src/utils.c:614: warning: Using
> > 'getgrnam_r' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the
> > shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
> ....
> > /usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/8/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/bin/ld:
> > ./.libs/libmount.a(libmount_la-utils.o): in function `mnt_get_username':
> > /dev/shm/util-linux-2.33-rc1/libmount/src/utils.c:566: warning: Using
> > 'getpwuid_r' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the
> > shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
> > The bug is thus "RESOLVED WORKSFORME"
>   

No, the bug is, that the code is not designed for static linking,
as all the warnings show. And the upstream author should get the
same warnings as you abvoe.

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> On Sun, Oct 07, Stefan Seyfried wrote:
> > Am 07.10.18 um 00:17 schrieb L A Walsh:
> > > Because these utils 'should' be statically linkable and *are* on
> > > redhat> (which I thought opensuse was based on).
> 
> > Where do you get your alternative facts from?
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So Karel, 

	Did you get warnings similar to the above?  The claim
is that you should be getting similar errors, but I got the impression
that you did not.

One person claimed it to be a bug in the Gnu tools & lib, while
others claim its designed that way, so not a bug...*sigh*.

But anyway -- did you get any such warnings?


I love the way Stefan labels my statement about some of the utils
being statically linkable and that it works on redhat an "alternative fact".

(sigh)...
Thanks!