"No working boost sleep implementation" libpthread required by librt #3274

libpthread not getting linked, required by librt. is this a librt problem?

full config.log at https://gist.github.com/fryx/bdf3bee728b8cbbac18a

configure:11734: $? = 0 configure:11748: result: yes configure:11886: g++ -o conftest -I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/include -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/lib/ -Wall -Wextra -Wformat -Wformat-security -Wno-unused-parameter -Wstack-protector -fPIE -fno-stack-protector -fstack-protector-all -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wl,-z,now conftest.cpp -L/usr/lib -lboost_system-mt -lboost_filesystem-mt -lboost_program_options-mt -lboost_thread-mt -lboost_chrono-mt >&5 /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-alpine-linux-uclibc/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-alpine-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: /lib/librt.so.0.9.32: undefined reference to symbol 'pthread_cancel' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-alpine-linux-uclibc/4.7.3/../../../../x86_64-alpine-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: note: 'pthread_cancel' is defined in DSO /lib/libpthread.so.0.9.32 so try adding it to the linker command line /lib/libpthread.so.0.9.32: could not read symbols: Invalid operation collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status configure:11886: $? = 1 configure: failed program was: | /* confdefs.h */ | #define PACKAGE_NAME "Bitcoin" | #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "bitcoin"

The problem here is that the BOOST_CPPFLAGS aren't passed when doing the sleep test. Should be fixed by: https://github.com/laanwj/bitcoin/commit/714cdecb0398a075e80e2263a09b9fb3a4fe70ea (part of #2704)

the updated version of configure.ac has the fix. still have the same issue. config.log at https://gist.github.com/aa6779337bcbb4ae8943.git

@kathy007 that gist link doesn't work (shows as empty here)

@laanwj sorry here is the link https://gist.github.com/kathy007/aa6779337bcbb4ae8943

Curious - both test programs fail to link.

configure:23587: g++ -o conftest -L/usr/local/include -Wstack-protector -fstack-protector-all -fPIE -fvisibility=hidden -I/bitcoin/db4/include/ -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -pthread -I/usr/include -L/bitcoin/db4/lib/ -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie conftest.cpp -L/usr/lib -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options-mt -lboost_thread -lboost_chrono-mt -lminiupnpc -lminiupnpc -lminiupnpc -lminiupnpc -lrt -lanl >&5
/tmp/ccgxbg06.o: In function `boost::this_thread::sleep_for(boost::chrono::duration<long, boost::ratio<1l, 1000000000l> > const&)':
conftest.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost11this_thread9sleep_forERKNS_6chrono8durationIlNS_5ratioILl1ELl1000000000EEEEE[_ZN5boost11this_thread9sleep_forERKNS_6chrono8durationIlNS_5ratioILl1ELl1000000000EEEEE]+0x4d): undefined reference to `boost::this_thread::hiden::sleep_for(timespec const&)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

configure:23627: g++ -o conftest -L/usr/local/include -Wstack-protector -fstack-protector-all -fPIE -fvisibility=hidden -I/bitcoin/db4/include/ -DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DHAVE_BUILD_INFO -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -pthread -I/usr/include -L/bitcoin/db4/lib/ -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -pie conftest.cpp -L/usr/lib -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options-mt -lboost_thread -lminiupnpc -lminiupnpc -lminiupnpc -lminiupnpc -lrt -lanl >&5
/tmp/ccIBP6Rb.o: In function `boost::this_thread::sleep(boost::posix_time::ptime const&)':
conftest.cpp:(.text._ZN5boost11this_thread5sleepERKNS_10posix_time5ptimeE[_ZN5boost11this_thread5sleepERKNS_10posix_time5ptimeE]+0x4d): undefined reference to `boost::this_thread::hiden::sleep_until(timespec const&)'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Very strange. This could be a conflict between two sets of boost libraries. @theuni do you have any idea what could cause this? I'm especially wondering at the -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem -lboost_program_options-mt -lboost_thread part. Some of the libraries have -mt, some do not, which seems to suggest it is mixing two sets of libraries. What platform is this, and which boost version?

I'm using debian 7.6 and boost1.56.0

Did you compile boost from source, or are you using the distro-provided dev packages?

I didn't use the package, just followed build-unix.md.

You didn't give a --with-boost option to point to the one you compiled, so it's finding the ones on your system (which are presumably borked, which is why you're building your own). Use something like ./configure --with-boost=/usr/local, where /usr/local is the prefix where boost was installed.

Hi Thanks @theuni for your help! I think that solves the "sleep implementation problem" but I'm getting another problem : configure: error: pkg-config not found. (I updated the gist)

apt-get install pkg-config. Is that not listed in the required packages?

it works. Thank you so much for your help!

On Debian 8 with all the dependencies required for the install i'm still getting this result.

    ./configure CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/include -O2" LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.8/lib" CXXFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=1 --param ggc-min-heapsize=32768" --with-boost="/usr/include/boost" --with-boost-libdir="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu"

On ubuntu I was running into this after no error with sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-chrono-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-thread-dev. sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev fixed it.

What ubuntu version?