Bug 917022 – app-misc/jq-1.7 fails to build with clang

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description wolfgang 2023-11-08 02:11:47 UTC]

From build.log:

./configure --prefix=/usr --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --datadir=/usr/share --sysconfdir=/etc -->
checking for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc... clang
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/jq-1.7/work/jq-jq-1.7':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

[Comment 1 wolfgang 2023-11-08 02:12:10 UTC]

Created attachment 874300 [details]
emerge_info.txt

emerge --info

[Comment 2 wolfgang 2023-11-08 02:13:14 UTC]

Created attachment 874301 [details]
build.log

build.log

[Comment 3 Sam James 2023-11-08 02:15:50 UTC]

!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support:
!!! /var/tmp/portage/app-misc/jq-1.7/work/jq-jq-1.7/config.log

[Comment 4 wolfgang 2023-11-08 02:23:14 UTC]

Created attachment 874302 [details]
config.log

/var/tmp/portage/app-misc/jq-1.7/work/jq-jq-1.7/config.log

🤦

[Comment 5 Sam James 2023-11-08 02:33:20 UTC]

configure:3315: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3337: clang -O2 -pipe -march=znver3  -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed -fuse-ld=lld -rtlib=compiler-rt -unwindlib=libunwind -Wl,--as-needed conftest.c  >&5
clang-16: error: invalid linker name in argument '-fuse-ld=lld'
configure:3341: $? = 1

Do you have lld installed?

[Comment 6 wolfgang 2023-11-08 02:36:31 UTC]

> Do you have lld installed?

I don't! as discussed in chat I probably depcleaned this away recently.

I'll remerge it and then retry jq. I'll close the bug if all goes well.

[Comment 7 wolfgang 2023-11-08 03:07:30 UTC]

confirmed that installing lld resolves this, closing bug.