Mac OSX High Sierra 10.13.6 Build error #14727

Attempting to build version 0.17.0.1 (tag hash: b952d582f8f19aa97aa8cd2060dbf050ad09fb50)

Command-line tools version: 10.1.0.0.1.1539992718 Apple LLVM version 10.0.0 (clang-1000.10.44.4) Target: x86_64-apple-darwin17.7.0

Steps to reproduce:

./autogen.sh
./configure --without-gui
make -j2

Outputs:

  AR       libbitcoin_util.a
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ranlib: file: libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-strnlen.o) has no symbols
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ranlib: file: libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-sync.o) has no symbols
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ranlib: file: libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-strnlen.o) has no symbols
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/ranlib: file: libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-sync.o) has no symbols
  CXXLD    bitcoind
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_llvm_gcov_init", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha256.o
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha512.o
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoinconsensus_la-sha256_sse4.o
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoinconsensus_la-script_error.o
  "_llvm_gcda_end_file", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha256.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha512.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-sha256_sse4.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-script_error.o
  "_llvm_gcda_emit_function", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha256.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha512.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-sha256_sse4.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-script_error.o
  "_llvm_gcda_emit_arcs", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha256.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha512.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-sha256_sse4.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-script_error.o
  "_llvm_gcda_start_file", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha256.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha512.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-sha256_sse4.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-script_error.o
  "_llvm_gcda_summary_info", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha256.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-hmac_sha512.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-sha256_sse4.o
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoinconsensus_la-script_error.o
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [libbitcoinconsensus.la] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:
  "_llvm_gcov_init", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_server.a(libbitcoin_server_a-shutdown.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-glibcxx_sanity.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-cleanse.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_consensus.a(libbitcoin_consensus_a-script_error.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-sha256_sse4.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha256.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_init in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha512.o)
      ...
  "_llvm_gcda_end_file", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_server.a(libbitcoin_server_a-shutdown.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-glibcxx_sanity.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-cleanse.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_consensus.a(libbitcoin_consensus_a-script_error.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-sha256_sse4.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha256.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha512.o)
      ...
  "_llvm_gcda_emit_function", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_server.a(libbitcoin_server_a-shutdown.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-glibcxx_sanity.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-cleanse.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_consensus.a(libbitcoin_consensus_a-script_error.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-sha256_sse4.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha256.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha512.o)
      ...
  "_llvm_gcda_emit_arcs", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_server.a(libbitcoin_server_a-shutdown.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-glibcxx_sanity.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-cleanse.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_consensus.a(libbitcoin_consensus_a-script_error.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-sha256_sse4.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha256.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha512.o)
      ...
  "_llvm_gcda_start_file", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_server.a(libbitcoin_server_a-shutdown.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-glibcxx_sanity.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-cleanse.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_consensus.a(libbitcoin_consensus_a-script_error.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-sha256_sse4.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha256.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha512.o)
      ...
  "_llvm_gcda_summary_info", referenced from:
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_server.a(libbitcoin_server_a-shutdown.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-glibcxx_sanity.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_util.a(libbitcoin_util_a-cleanse.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_consensus.a(libbitcoin_consensus_a-script_error.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-sha256_sse4.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha256.o)
      ___llvm_gcov_writeout in libbitcoin_crypto_base.a(libbitcoin_crypto_base_a-hmac_sha512.o)
      ...
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make[2]: *** [bitcoind] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

It looks like gcov coverage checking was enabled during compile but not during link, so it cannot find its runtime modules.

This is really strange, did you try to use that before in the same tree? If so, can you try building from a clean tree?

@j-asefa I had met similar problems before.

In my case, I think the cause was that binutils 2.31.1_1 hides some original commands. At that time, I had succeed to do make clean && make j2 after brew unsintall binutils

I can't seem to reproduce this. @laanwj building from a clean tree fixed this issue for me.

Thanks for letting us know @j-asefa