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Bug 298674 - libgdbm_compat.so.3 isn't linked to libgdbm.so
Summary: libgdbm_compat.so.3 isn't linked to libgdbm.so
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo/Alt
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Prefix Support (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Prefix
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 331369 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 340080
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Reported: 2009-12-28 13:07 UTC by Justin Lecher (RETIRED)
Modified: 2011-04-24 13:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
dev-lang/python-2.6.4 (python-2.6.4-build.log,139.41 KB, text/plain)
2009-12-28 13:08 UTC, Justin Lecher (RETIRED)
Details

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Description Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 13:07:20 UTC
building 'dbm' extension
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -march=core2 -pipe -DHAVE_GDBM_NDBM_H -I. -I/opt/scisoft64/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/work/Python-2.6.4/./Include -I/opt/scisoft64/usr/include -I. -IInclude -I./Include -I/opt/scisoft64/var/tmp/p
ortage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/work/Python-2.6.4/Include -I/opt/scisoft64/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/work/Python-2.6.4 -c /opt/scisoft64/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/work/Python-2.6.4/Modules/dbmmodule.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/opt/scisoft64/var/tmp/port
age/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/work/Python-2.6.4/Modules/dbmmodule.o
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -shared -Wl,-O1,--hash-style=gnu,--sort-common,--as-needed -L. -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -march=core2 -pipe -I. -IInclude -I./Include build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/opt/scisoft64/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-2.6.4/work/Python-2.6.4/Module
s/dbmmodule.o -L/opt/scisoft64/usr/lib -L. -lgdbm -lgdbm_compat -lpython2.6 -o build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/dbm.so
*** WARNING: renaming "dbm" since importing it failed: /opt/scisoft64/usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: _gdbm_memory



 # emerge --info =dev-lang/python-2.6.4
Portage 2.2.00.15134-prefix (prefix/linux/amd64, gcc-4.4.2, unavailable, 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop x86_64)
=================================================================
                        System Settings
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5504_@_2.00GHz-with-SuSE-11.2-x86_64
Timestamp of tree: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:10:51 +0000
ccache version 2.4 [enabled]
app-shells/bash:     4.0_p35
dev-lang/python:     2.6.4
dev-util/ccache:     2.4-r8
sys-devel/autoconf:  2.63-r01.1
sys-devel/automake:  1.10.2-r00.1, 1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:  2.20.51.0.4
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1-r00.2
sys-devel/libtool:   2.2.6b
virtual/os-headers:  2.6.30-r1
ABI="amd64"
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64-linux"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
ACCEPT_PROPERTIES="*"
ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci"
ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol"
APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias"
ARCH="amd64"
ASFLAGS_x86="--32"
AUTOCLEAN="yes"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CCACHE_DIR="/opt/scisoft64/var/ccache"
CCACHE_SIZE="3G"
CDEFINE_amd64="__x86_64__"
CDEFINE_x86="__i386__"
CFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe"
CFLAGS_x86="-m32"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CHOST_amd64="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CHOST_x86="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CLEAN_DELAY="5"
COLLISION_IGNORE="/lib/modules"
COLORTERM="1"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo"
CPU="x86_64"
CSHEDIT="emacs"
CSHRCREAD="true"
CVS_RSH="ssh"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe"
DEFAULT_ABI="default"
DEFAULT_PATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/sbin:/opt/scisoft64/usr/bin:/opt/scisoft64/sbin:/opt/scisoft64/bin"
DISTDIR="/opt/scisoft64/usr/portage/distfiles"
EBUILD_DEFAULT_OPTS="--skip-manifest"
EDITOR="/opt/scisoft64/bin/nano"
ELIBC="glibc"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-t --verbose --jobs=9 --load-average=8 --keep-going"
EMERGE_WARNING_DELAY="10"
ENV="/etc/bash.bashrc"
EPREFIX="/opt/scisoft64"
EROOT="/opt/scisoft64/"
EXTRA_PATH="/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
F77="gfortran"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests ccache collision-protect distlocks fixpackages news noinfo parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sfperms splitdebug strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync"
FETCHCOMMAND="/opt/scisoft64/usr/bin/wget -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}""
FFLAGS="-O2 -march=core2 -pipe"
FORTRANC="gfortran"
FROM_HEADER=""
GCC_SPECS=""
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.j-schmitz.net/mirror/             ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo/             ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo                ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo/             http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/gentoo/"
GROUP="ibi"
G_BROKEN_FILENAMES="1"
G_FILENAME_ENCODING="@locale,UTF-8,ISO-8859-15,CP1252"
HISTSIZE="1000"
HOME="/root"
HOST="bes"
HOSTNAME="bes.ibi.kfa-juelich.de"
HOSTTYPE="x86_64"
INFOPATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/share/info:/opt/scisoft64/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.2/info"
INPUTRC="/etc/inputrc"
INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
I_KNOW_WHAT_I_AM_DOING="yes"
JAVA_BINDIR="/usr/lib64/jvm/jre/bin"
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib64/jvm/jre"
JAVA_ROOT="/usr/lib64/jvm/jre"
JRE_HOME="/usr/lib64/jvm/jre"
KERNEL="linux"
LANG="de_DE.UTF-8"
LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--hash-style=gnu,--sort-common,--as-needed"
LDFLAGS_x86="-m elf_i386"
LESS="-R -M --shift 5"
LESSCLOSE="lessclose.sh %s %s"
LESSKEY="/etc/lesskey.bin"
LESSOPEN="|lesspipe.sh %s"
LESS_ADVANCED_PREPROCESSOR="no"
LIBDIR_amd64="lib"
LIBDIR_amd64_fbsd="lib64"
LIBDIR_ppc="lib32"
LIBDIR_ppc64="lib64"
LIBDIR_sparc32="lib32"
LIBDIR_sparc64="lib64"
LIBDIR_x86="lib32"
LIBDIR_x86_fbsd="lib32"
LIBXCB_ALLOW_SLOPPY_LOCK="1"
LINGUAS="en"
LOGNAME="justin"
LS_COLORS="rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=01;05;37;41:mi=01;05;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=30;41:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.tar=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.Z=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.7z=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.axv=01;35:*.anx=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.pdf=00;32:*.ps=00;32:*.txt=00;32:*.patch=00;32:*.diff=00;32:*.log=00;32:*.tex=00;32:*.doc=00;32:*.aac=00;36:*.au=00;36:*.flac=00;36:*.mid=00;36:*.midi=00;36:*.mka=00;36:*.mp3=00;36:*.mpc=00;36:*.ogg=00;36:*.ra=00;36:*.wav=00;36:*.axa=00;36:*.oga=00;36:*.spx=00;36:*.xspf=00;36:"
LS_OPTIONS="-A -N --color=tty -T 0"
MACHTYPE="x86_64-suse-linux"
MAIL="/var/mail/justin"
MAKEOPTS="-j32 -l12"
MANPATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/share/man:/opt/scisoft64/usr/share/binutils-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/2.20.51.0.4/man:/opt/scisoft64/usr/share/gcc-data/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.4.2/man:/usr/share/man"
MINICOM="-c on"
MORE="-sl"
MULTILIB_ABIS="amd64"
MULTILIB_STRICT_DENY="64-bit.*shared object"
MULTILIB_STRICT_DIRS="/lib32 /lib /usr/lib32 /usr/lib /usr/kde/*/lib32 /usr/kde/*/lib /usr/qt/*/lib32 /usr/qt/*/lib /usr/X11R6/lib32 /usr/X11R6/lib"
MULTILIB_STRICT_EXEMPT="(perl5|gcc|gcc-lib|binutils|eclipse-3|debug|portage)"
NETBEANS="apisupport cnd groovy gsf harness ide identity j2ee java mobility nb php profiler soa visualweb webcommon websvccommon xml"
NNTPSERVER="news"
OMP_NUM_THREADS="8"
OSTYPE="linux"
PAGER="/opt/scisoft64/usr/bin/less"
PATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/sbin:/opt/scisoft64/usr/bin:/opt/scisoft64/sbin:/opt/scisoft64/bin:/opt/scisoft64/opt/bin:/opt/scisoft64/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.2:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
PKGDIR="/opt/scisoft64/usr/portage/packages"
PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/lib/pkgconfig:/opt/scisoft64/usr/share/pkgconfig"
PORTAGE_ARCHLIST="ppc x86-openbsd ppc-openbsd ppc64 x86-winnt x86-fbsd ppc-aix alpha arm x86-freebsd s390 amd64 arm-linux x86-macos x64-openbsd ia64-hpux hppa x86-netbsd amd64-linux ia64-linux x86 sparc-solaris x64-freebsd sparc64-solaris x86-linux x64-macos sparc m68k-mint ia64 mips ppc-macos x86-interix hppa-hpux amd64-fbsd x64-solaris mips-irix m68k sh x86-solaris sparc-fbsd"
PORTAGE_BINHOST_CHUNKSIZE="3000"
PORTAGE_BIN_PATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/lib/portage/bin"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS_EXCLUDE_SUFFIXES="css gif htm[l]? jp[e]?g js pdf png"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/opt/scisoft64/"
PORTAGE_DEBUG="0"
PORTAGE_DEPCACHEDIR="/opt/scisoft64/var/cache/edb/dep"
PORTAGE_ECLASS_WARNING_ENABLE="0"
PORTAGE_ELOG_CLASSES="info warn error log"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILFROM="root@localhost"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILSUBJECT="[portage] ebuild log for ${PACKAGE} on ${HOST}"
PORTAGE_ELOG_MAILURI="root"
PORTAGE_ELOG_SYSTEM="save echo"
PORTAGE_FETCH_CHECKSUM_TRY_MIRRORS="5"
PORTAGE_FETCH_RESUME_MIN_SIZE="350K"
PORTAGE_GID="0"
PORTAGE_GROUP="root"
PORTAGE_INST_GID="0"
PORTAGE_INST_UID="0"
PORTAGE_PYM_PATH="/opt/scisoft64/usr/lib/portage/pym"
PORTAGE_ROOT_USER="root"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_RETRIES="3"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/opt/scisoft64/var/tmp"
PORTAGE_USER="root"
PORTAGE_VERBOSE="1"
PORTAGE_WORKDIR_MODE="0700"
PORTDIR="/opt/scisoft64/usr/portage"
PROFILEREAD="true"
PROFILE_ONLY_VARIABLES="ARCH ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND"
PS1="\[\033[01;36m\](SCISOFT) \[\033[01;31m\]\h\[\033[01;34m\] \W \$\[\033[00m\] "
PWD="/root"
PYTHONSTARTUP="/etc/pythonstart"
QT_SYSTEM_DIR="/usr/share/desktop-data"
QUICKPKG_DEFAULT_OPTS="--umask=0011 --include-config=y"
RESUMECOMMAND="/opt/scisoft64/usr/bin/wget -c -t 5 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O "${DISTDIR}/${FILE}" "${URI}""
ROOT="/"
ROOTPATH="/opt/scisoft64/opt/bin:/opt/scisoft64/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.2"
RPMDIR="/opt/scisoft64/usr/portage/rpm"
RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18"
SHELL="/opt/scisoft64/bin/bash"
SHLVL="5"
SSH_AUTH_SOCK="/tmp/ssh-jkrfG22567/agent.22567"
SSH_CLIENT="134.94.112.170 43129 22"
SSH_CONNECTION="134.94.112.170 43129 134.94.85.173 22"
SSH_SENDS_LOCALE="yes"
SSH_TTY="/dev/pts/0"
STAGE1_USE="nptl nptlonly unicode"
STY="25455.pts-0.bes"
SYMLINK_LIB=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.prefix.freens.org/gentoo-portage-prefix"
TERM="screen"
USE="X amd64 bash-completion berkdb bzip2 c++ cli cracklib crypt cxx dri gdbm gmp iconv lzma mmx modules mudflap nano-syntax ncurses nptl nptlonly openmp pcre perl png pppd prefix python readline reflection session spl sse sse2 ssl sysfs tcpd threads tk truetype unicode xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="radeonhd" 
USER="justin"
USERLAND="GNU"
USE_EXPAND="ALSA_CARDS ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS APACHE2_MODULES APACHE2_MPMS CAMERAS CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS DVB_CARDS ELIBC FCDSL_CARDS FOO2ZJS_DEVICES FRITZCAPI_CARDS INPUT_DEVICES KERNEL LCD_DEVICES LINGUAS LIRC_DEVICES MISDN_CARDS NETBEANS_MODULES QEMU_SOFTMMU_TARGETS QEMU_USER_TARGETS RUBY_TARGETS SANE_BACKENDS USERLAND VIDEO_CARDS"
USE_EXPAND_HIDDEN="CROSSCOMPILE_OPTS ELIBC KERNEL USERLAND"
USE_ORDER="env:pkg:conf:defaults:pkginternal:env.d"
VENDOR="suse"
VIDEO_CARDS="radeonhd"
WINDOW="0"
WINDOWMANAGER="/usr/bin/startkde"
XCURSOR_THEME="DMZ"
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="/etc/xdg"
XDG_DATA_DIRS="/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/etc/opt/kde3/share:/usr/share/gnome/help"
XKEYSYMDB="/usr/share/X11/XKeysymDB"
XNLSPATH="/usr/share/X11/nls"
_="/opt/scisoft64/usr/bin/emerge"

=================================================================
                        Package Settings
=================================================================

dev-lang/python-2.6.4 was built with the following:
USE="gdbm ncurses (prefix) readline sqlite ssl threads tk (wide-unicode) xml (-aqua) (-berkdb) -build -doc -examples -ipv6 -wininst" 
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--hash-style=gnu,--sort-common -L."
Comment 1 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 13:08:10 UTC
Created attachment 214378 [details]
dev-lang/python-2.6.4

build.log
Comment 2 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 13:09:12 UTC
Might be related to bug 165268
Comment 3 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 16:35:39 UTC
is this during a bootstrap?
Comment 4 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 16:38:55 UTC
Do you have gdbm installed?  It looks like libgdbm_compat.so bails for missing symbols, which more looks like this is not specific.
Comment 5 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 17:03:21 UTC
It is always like that. I have gdbm installed. Python only builds "automagically" the dbm lib if gdbm is installed ( bad behaviour !!). So when I unemerge gdbm it installes fine, after reemergeing gdbm it is broken again.

Comment 6 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 17:17:01 UTC
The patch from bug 143580 fixed it.
Comment 7 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 17:20:36 UTC
@python folks: seems we need -lgdbm here
Comment 8 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 20:19:11 UTC
(In reply to comment #7)

I use --as-needed and I have never reproduced such a bug with Python.
I see "-lgdbm -lgdbm_compat" in build log.
Comment 9 Justin Lecher (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-12-28 21:53:58 UTC
I don't have those problems on clean bare gentoo, but found them here.
Comment 10 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2010-01-23 15:42:35 UTC
It just looks like --as-needed is broken in this respect, and I have no idea how to fix it.

If you find clues, please reopen this bug.
Comment 11 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2010-08-06 20:02:30 UTC
*** Bug 331369 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 12 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2010-08-06 20:02:55 UTC
reopening due to dupe
Comment 13 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-08-07 16:34:16 UTC
"/usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so.3: undefined symbol: _gdbm_memory" would be a bug in sys-libs/gdbm.
Comment 14 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2010-08-07 22:00:14 UTC
except that gdbm_compat already needs gdbm and that provides gdbm_memory.  since it only appears to fail on prefix systems, i guess it's back on their portable heads to figure out why that environment is breaking things.

$ readelf -d /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so | grep gdbm.so
 0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED)             Shared library: [libgdbm.so.3]

$ readelf -s /usr/lib/libgdbm.so | grep gdbm_memory
    31: 0000000000205160    16 OBJECT  GLOBAL DEFAULT   24 _gdbm_memory

and libgdbm_compat is linked in the correct order when emerging gdbm:
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc -shared  dbminit.lo delete.lo fetch.lo store.lo seq.lo close.lo dbmopen.lo dbmdelete.lo dbmfetch.lo dbmstore.lo dbmseq.lo dbmclose.lo dbmdirfno.lo dbmpagfno.lo dbmrdonly.lo  -Wl,--rpath -Wl,/usr/lib64  -L/usr/lib64 -L/var/tmp/portage/sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r4/image//usr/lib64 -lgdbm  -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-soname -Wl,libgdbm_compat.so.3 -o .libs/libgdbm_compat.so.3.0.0

objects first followed by -lgdbm
Comment 15 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2010-08-10 20:19:49 UTC
Work around applied.

%% svn di python-2.6.5-r2.ebuild 
Index: python-2.6.5-r2.ebuild
===================================================================
--- python-2.6.5-r2.ebuild      (revision 58609)
+++ python-2.6.5-r2.ebuild      (working copy)
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+       # Apparently, no one knows how to solved this as-needed failure.
+       # bug 298674 Apply workaround for now.
+       use prefix && append-ldflags $(no-as-needed)
        # Disable extraneous modules with extra dependencies.
        if use build; then
                export PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="dbm _bsddb gdbm _curses _curses_panel readline _sqlite3 _tkinter _elementtree pyexpat"
Comment 16 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2010-11-01 07:22:52 UTC
ok, on an ELF system at hand,

$ readelf -d /usr/lib/libgdbm_compat.so | grep gdbm.so

results in nothing.  So that would mean this is a problem in gdbm on Prefix.

Removing python, as it seems to have nothing to do with it.
Comment 17 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev 2010-11-01 16:47:26 UTC
gdbm-1.8.3-r04.1 has the correct needed entry, building python also succeeds with this version. (undoing the hack in the ebuild, of course)