514100 - Link error when building electrolysis on Ubuntu 8.04

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox Build System :: General, defect)

Description

[Jonathan Griffin (:jgriffin)]

When attempting to build electrolysis on Ubuntu 8.04 (which has gcc 4.2.4), I get this link error:

XRemoteClient_standalone.o:(.data.rel.ro._ZTI13XRemoteClient[typeinfo for XRemoteClient]+0x0): undefined reference to `vtable for __cxxabiv1::__si_class_type_info'
XRemoteClient_standalone.o:(.data.rel.ro._ZTI14nsRemoteClient[typeinfo for nsRemoteClient]+0x0): undefined reference to `vtable for __cxxabiv1::__class_type_info'
/usr/bin/ld: mozilla-xremote-client: hidden symbol `vtable for __cxxabiv1::__class_type_info' isn't defined
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [mozilla-xremote-client] Error 1
make[3]: *** [libs_tier_toolkit] Error 2
make[2]: *** [tier_toolkit] Error 2
make[1]: *** [default] Error 2
make: *** [build] Error 2

I can build mozilla-central OK.  The mozconfig file I'm using is:

mk_add_options MOZ_OBJDIR=@TOPSRCDIR@/../obj-elec-dbg
mk_add_options MOZ_MAKE_FLAGS="-s -j4"
mk_add_options MOZ_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=1
export MOZ_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=1

#ac_add_options --enable-debugger-info-modules=yes
ac_add_options --enable-debug
ac_add_options --disable-optimize
ac_add_options --enable-application=browser
#ac_add_options --enable-tests
ac_add_options --disable-necko-wifi

Comment 1

[Benjamin Smedberg]

This sounds like a visibility error with the compiler, although that's unusual. You can try this hack: http://benjamin.smedbergs.us/blog/2006-03-28/gcc-and-visibility-one-step-forward-hit-a-brick-wall/

Comment 2

[Benjamin Smedberg]

Oh, and I'm pretty sure this has nothing to do with Electrolysis.

Comment 3

[Gregory Szorc [:gps]]

Bug against an ancient toolchain we no longer support.