[OpenAFS-devel] Build fails with gcc 9.1.1

[Christof Hanke]

On Friday, 26 July 2019 11:56:36 CEST Harald Barth wrote:
> > /bin/sh ../../libtool --quiet --mode=link --tag=CC gcc -static   -L/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/openafs-1.8.3/lib -L/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/openafs-1.8.3/lib  -O   -O2 -Wall  -fstack-protector-strong -funwind-tables -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -flto=4 -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC  -O   -I/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/openafs-1.8.3/src/config -I/home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/openafs-1.8.3/include -I. -I.     -pthread -D_REENTRANT -DAFS_PTHREAD_ENV  -o pt_util pt_util.o ptutils.o ptubik.o utils.o map.o \
> >         ../../src/ptserver/liboafs_prot.la ../../src/ubik/liboafs_ubik.la ../../src/sys/liboafs_sys.la ../../src/rx/liboafs_rx.la ../../src/rxstat/liboafs_rxstat.la ../../src/lwp/liboafs_lwpcompat.la ../../src/rxkad/liboafs_rxkad.la ../../src/cmd/liboafs_cmd.la ../../src/util/liboafs_util.la ../../src/opr/liboafs_opr.la -lafshcrypto -lrokenafs -lpthread -lresolv  
> > lto1: fatal error: multiple prevailing defs for 'ubik_SetServerSecurityProcs'
> 
> The linker complains about multiple ubik_SetServerSecurityProcs
> definitions among what it should use to link together pt_util.
> 
> So one needs to look at all the objetcs and see if there actually are multiple definitions.
> If there are multiples all but one should be removed. 
> 
> And there is a related bug where there might be multiple definitions but these are not used and
> the the linker should just ignore that (because in that case it does not matter).
> https://www.mail-archive.com/gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org/msg579310.html
> 
> That's my 5c idea.
> 
Thanks for your 5c, 
the real reason is that SUSE:Factory LTO (Link Time Optimization)
is now enabled by default.

I've disabled that again for now.

> Harald.
> 
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