remove -L/
and -l:
from linker flags
#4719
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This is the actual fix to NixOS/nixpkgs#338972 and many other issues with linking on Nix build system. The issue may have been caused by using
-l:
to specify the path to libraries and-L/
to set the linker search path. The linker could not find the libraries only when building using Nixstdenv
. Building inside a nix shell does not trigger this issue. Probably it has something to do with build sandboxing, but I'm not too knowledgeable on this matter.I found the solution when I was trying to isolate the issue using a simple C program and a static library. Building this with nix
stdenv
, resulting in the linker not being able to found the library.But removing
-L/
and-l:
does the trick.I also tested this patch on Debian and it seemed to work fine.