Re: [DynInst_API:] Build error dyninst-8.2 -> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lLINK_PRIVATE

[Josh Stone <jistone@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/19/2014 11:15 AM, Matthew LeGendre wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 19 Jun 2014, Josh Stone wrote:
>> On 06/19/2014 10:03 AM, Matthew LeGendre wrote:
>>>
>>> Jim,
>>>
>>> I believe this is a known issue that's fixed in the latest Dyninst 8.2
>>> branch.  It's an issue with certain cmake versions.  You could update
>>> Dyninst, or I belive using this cmake install on rzmerl avoids the
>>> problem:
>>>
>>> /collab/usr/global/tools/cmake/chaos_5_x86_64_ib/cmake-2.8.12.2/bin
>>
>> Do you have info on which cmake versions have trouble with this?  I can
>> just raise the version in cmake/shared.cmake for which we enable it.
>>
>> I just tried both cmake 2.8.7 and 2.8.6 though, and it worked fine,
>> automatically with and without LINK_PRIVATE as expected.
> 
> Bill already fixed the bug in the Dyninst 8.2 branch.  I'm guessing that 
> Jim's just running with a Dyninst that's a month or two behind.
> 
> I believe the bug was that Dyninst's cmake files used LINK_PRIVATE if the 
> cmake version was >= 2.8.  Except LINK_PRIVATE became a feature in CMake 
> 2.8.7.  So if one tried to build Dyninst with a cmake version >= 2.8.0 and 
> < 2.8.7 it threw this error.

Ok, yes that's commit edfa02c969f5.

Perhaps the reason for Jim's lagging was not realizing that branch v8.2
is *not* a release yet!  So if you're working with 8.2, you need to keep
updating to stay with development progress.  I hope we'll see an actual
release soon, and for that release we'll have a git tag, not just a branch.