I'm trying to build a simple ("hello world") C++ program with LLVM/Clang 3.7.0 built from sources against the toolchain's libc++, with the command line:
clang++ -std=c++14 -stdlib=libc++ -fno-exceptions hello.cpp
However, I get the following errors:
/usr/bin/ld: warning: libc++abi.so.1, needed by /bulk/workbench/llvm/3.7.0
/toolchain4/bin/../lib/libc++.so, not found (try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/bulk/workbench/llvm/3.7.0/toolchain4/bin/../lib/libc++.so: undefined reference to `__cxa_rethrow_primary_exception'
/bulk/workbench/llvm/3.7.0/toolchain4/bin/../lib/libc++.so: undefined reference to `__cxa_decrement_exception_refcount'
/bulk/workbench/llvm/3.7.0/toolchain4/bin/../lib/libc++.so: undefined reference to `std::out_of_range::~out_of_range()'
[...]
The LD_LIBRARY_PATH is not set and the toolchain's install directory is added to my working PATH by:
export PATH=$PATH:/bulk/workbench/llvm/3.7.0/toolchain4/bin/
I'm on Ubuntu GNU/Linux 14.04 and I have not installed anything LLVM or Clang related packages from any repository.
According to the libc++ documentation:
On Linux libc++ can typically be used with only ‘-stdlib=libc++’. However some libc++ installations require the user manually link libc++abi themselves. If you are running into linker errors when using libc++ try adding ‘-lc++abi’ to the link line.
Doing as suggested gives a successful build.
So, my question is this:
Why do I have to specify the -lc++abi dependency explicitly on the line of the build command?
Doing
readelf -d $(llvm-config --libdir)/libc++.so
gives
Dynamic section at offset 0xb68c8 contains 31 entries:
Tag Type Name/Value
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc++abi.so.1]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libpthread.so.0]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so.6]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [librt.so.1]
0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libgcc_s.so.1]
0x000000000000000e (SONAME) Library soname: [libc++.so.1]
0x000000000000000f (RPATH) Library rpath: [$ORIGIN/../lib]
0x000000000000000c (INIT) 0x350a8
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Shouldn't the embedded RPATH in the dynamic section of the ELF be considered by ld as described in its man page under the section -rpath-link=dir?
Moreover, when I set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH with
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(llvm-config --libdir)
the initial build command (without specifying -lc++abi) works, as also described in the 5th clause of the aforementioned man entry.