gobject-introspection fails to build (undefined symbol: g_match_info_get_type)

[certik]

The gobject-introspection fails on RHEL6 with:

...
[gobject-introspection]   CCLD   libgiscanner.la
[gobject-introspection]   CCLD   _giscanner.la
[gobject-introspection]   GEN    g-ir-doc-tool
[gobject-introspection]   GEN    g-ir-annotation-tool
[gobject-introspection]   GEN    g-ir-scanner
[gobject-introspection]   CCLD   libgirepository-internals.la
[gobject-introspection]   CCLD   g-ir-compiler
[gobject-introspection]   CCLD   g-ir-generate
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/freetype2-2.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GISCAN GLib-2.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/fontconfig-2.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/libxml2-2.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/xft-2.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/xlib-2.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/xrandr-1.3.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/xfixes-4.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/cairo-1.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/GL-1.0.gir
[gobject-introspection]   GICOMP gir/DBus-1.0.gir
[gobject-introspection] /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/GLib-2.0: symbol lookup error: /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/GLib-2.0: undefined symbol: g_match_info_get_type
[gobject-introspection] Command '['/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/GLib-2.0', '--introspect-dump=/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/functions.txt,/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/dump.xml']' returned non-zero exit status 127
[gobject-introspection] make[2]: *** [GLib-2.0.gir] Error 1
[gobject-introspection] make[2]: Leaving directory `/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei'
[gobject-introspection] make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
[gobject-introspection] make: *** [all] Error 2
[gobject-introspection] make[1]: Leaving directory `/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei'
[gobject-introspection|ERROR] Command '[u'/bin/bash', '_hashdist/build.sh']' returned non-zero exit status 2
[gobject-introspection|ERROR] command failed (code=2); raising

The missing symbol is defined here:

$ nm /local/certik/bld/glib2/bwxdwiq5etyi/lib/libgobject-2.0.so  | grep g_match_info_get_type
000000000000c670 T g_match_info_get_type

I am not sure how to fix it. The file that fails is not in the tmp directory:

$ ls /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/GLib-2.0
ls: cannot access /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/tmp-introspectqvKtFt/GLib-2.0: No such file or directory

I only have:

$ ls /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-2e76ffztqpei/
acinclude.m4                               gthash_test-gthash.o           libcmph_la-select.lo                            libgirepository_1_0_la-giunioninfo.o
aclocal.m4                                 gthash_test-gthash-test.o      libcmph_la-select.o                             libgirepository_1_0_la-givfuncinfo.lo
AUTHORS                                    gtk-doc.make                   libcmph_la-vqueue.lo                            libgirepository_1_0_la-givfuncinfo.o
build-aux                                  _hashdist                      libcmph_la-vqueue.o                             libgirepository-gthash.la
build.json                                 job                            libcmph_la-vstack.lo                            libgirepository_gthash_la-gthash.lo
build.log                                  libcmph.la                     libcmph_la-vstack.o                             libgirepository_gthash_la-gthash.o
ChangeLog                                  libcmph_la-bdz.lo              libgirepository-1.0.la                          libgirepository-internals.la
cmph-bdz-test                              libcmph_la-bdz.o               libgirepository_1_0_la-gdump.lo                 libgirepository_internals_la-girmodule.lo
cmph_bdz_test-cmph-bdz-test.o              libcmph_la-bdz_ph.lo           libgirepository_1_0_la-gdump.o                  libgirepository_internals_la-girmodule.o
common.mk                                  libcmph_la-bdz_ph.o            libgirepository_1_0_la-giarginfo.lo             libgirepository_internals_la-girnode.lo
config.h                                   libcmph_la-bmz8.lo             libgirepository_1_0_la-giarginfo.o              libgirepository_internals_la-girnode.o
config.h.in                                libcmph_la-bmz8.o              libgirepository_1_0_la-gibaseinfo.lo            libgirepository_internals_la-giroffsets.lo
config.log                                 libcmph_la-bmz.lo              libgirepository_1_0_la-gibaseinfo.o             libgirepository_internals_la-giroffsets.o
config.status                              libcmph_la-bmz.o               libgirepository_1_0_la-gicallableinfo.lo        libgirepository_internals_la-girparser.lo
configure                                  libcmph_la-brz.lo              libgirepository_1_0_la-gicallableinfo.o         libgirepository_internals_la-girparser.o
configure.ac                               libcmph_la-brz.o               libgirepository_1_0_la-giconstantinfo.lo        libgirepository_internals_la-girwriter.lo
CONTRIBUTORS                               libcmph_la-buffer_entry.lo     libgirepository_1_0_la-giconstantinfo.o         libgirepository_internals_la-girwriter.o
COPYING                                    libcmph_la-buffer_entry.o      libgirepository_1_0_la-gienuminfo.lo            libgiscanner.la
COPYING.GPL                                libcmph_la-buffer_manager.lo   libgirepository_1_0_la-gienuminfo.o             libgiscanner_la-scannerlexer.lo
COPYING.LGPL                               libcmph_la-buffer_manager.o    libgirepository_1_0_la-gifieldinfo.lo           libgiscanner_la-scannerlexer.o
docs                                       libcmph_la-chd.lo              libgirepository_1_0_la-gifieldinfo.o            libgiscanner_la-scannerparser.lo
examples                                   libcmph_la-chd.o               libgirepository_1_0_la-gifunctioninfo.lo        libgiscanner_la-scannerparser.o
gi-dump-types                              libcmph_la-chd_ph.lo           libgirepository_1_0_la-gifunctioninfo.o         libgiscanner_la-sourcescanner.lo
gi_dump_types-gdump.o                      libcmph_la-chd_ph.o            libgirepository_1_0_la-giinterfaceinfo.lo       libgiscanner_la-sourcescanner.o
gi_dump_types-gi-dump-types.o              libcmph_la-chm.lo              libgirepository_1_0_la-giinterfaceinfo.o        libtool
gir                                        libcmph_la-chm.o               libgirepository_1_0_la-ginvoke.lo               m4
g-ir-annotation-tool                       libcmph_la-cmph.lo             libgirepository_1_0_la-ginvoke.o                Makefile
g-ir-compiler                              libcmph_la-cmph.o              libgirepository_1_0_la-giobjectinfo.lo          Makefile.am
g_ir_compiler-compiler.o                   libcmph_la-cmph_structs.lo     libgirepository_1_0_la-giobjectinfo.o           Makefile-cmph.am
g-ir-doc-tool                              libcmph_la-cmph_structs.o      libgirepository_1_0_la-gipropertyinfo.lo        Makefile-examples.am
girepository                               libcmph_la-compressed_rank.lo  libgirepository_1_0_la-gipropertyinfo.o         Makefile-gir.am
g-ir-generate                              libcmph_la-compressed_rank.o   libgirepository_1_0_la-giregisteredtypeinfo.lo  Makefile-girepository.am
g_ir_generate-generate.o                   libcmph_la-compressed_seq.lo   libgirepository_1_0_la-giregisteredtypeinfo.o   Makefile-giscanner.am
g-ir-scanner                               libcmph_la-compressed_seq.o    libgirepository_1_0_la-girepository.lo          Makefile.in
giscanner                                  libcmph_la-fch_buckets.lo      libgirepository_1_0_la-girepository.o           Makefile.introspection
_giscanner.la                              libcmph_la-fch_buckets.o       libgirepository_1_0_la-girffi.lo                Makefile-tools.am
_giscanner_la-giscannermodule.lo           libcmph_la-fch.lo              libgirepository_1_0_la-girffi.o                 misc
_giscanner_la-giscannermodule.o            libcmph_la-fch.o               libgirepository_1_0_la-gisignalinfo.lo          NEWS
glib-print                                 libcmph_la-graph.lo            libgirepository_1_0_la-gisignalinfo.o           README
glib_print-glib-print.o                    libcmph_la-graph.o             libgirepository_1_0_la-gistructinfo.lo          scannerlexer.c
gobject-introspection-1.0.pc               libcmph_la-hash.lo             libgirepository_1_0_la-gistructinfo.o           scannerparser.c
gobject-introspection-1.0.pc.in            libcmph_la-hash.o              libgirepository_1_0_la-gitypeinfo.lo            scannerparser.h
gobject-introspection-1.31.0               libcmph_la-jenkins_hash.lo     libgirepository_1_0_la-gitypeinfo.o             stamp-h1
gobject-introspection-no-export-1.0.pc     libcmph_la-jenkins_hash.o      libgirepository_1_0_la-gitypelib.lo             tests
gobject-introspection-no-export-1.0.pc.in  libcmph_la-miller_rabin.lo     libgirepository_1_0_la-gitypelib.o              TODO
gthash-test                                libcmph_la-miller_rabin.o      libgirepository_1_0_la-giunioninfo.lo           tools

I don't know if the file got deleted or what.

I googled this error in various forms and nothing comes up that would hint at a solution. The first step is to figure out how to reproduce by hand and see how exactly the file is being compiled --- it looks like it might be linked with my old glib2 from RHEL6 in /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 or
/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to check if those libs have the symbol or not:

$ nm /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
nm: /lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0: no symbols
$ nm /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0
nm: /lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0: no symbols

I know the Hashstack lib has the symbol (see above).

The problem was first reported in #474 (comment)

[certik]

Some progress: setting AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY = 1 in the Makefile reveals the link stage:

g-ir-scanner: link: /bin/sh ./libtool --mode=link --tag=CC gcc -o /tmp/gobject-introspection-1.31.22/tmp-introspectyzXWGq/GLib-2.0 -export-dynamic /tmp/gobject-introspection-1.31.22/tmp-introspectyzXWGq/GLib-2.0.o -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -Wl,--export-dynamic -lgmodule-2.0 -pthread -lrt -L/local/certik/bld/glib2/d3uwded7lzje/lib -lglib-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lgobject-2.0
libtool: link: gcc -o /tmp/gobject-introspection-1.31.22/tmp-introspectyzXWGq/GLib-2.0 /tmp/gobject-introspection-1.31.22/tmp-introspectyzXWGq/GLib-2.0.o -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread -Wl,--export-dynamic  -lgio-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -lrt -L/local/certik/bld/glib2/d3uwded7lzje/lib -lglib-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -pthread
/tmp/gobject-introspection-1.31.22/tmp-introspectyzXWGq/GLib-2.0: symbol lookup error: /tmp/gobject-introspection-1.31.22/tmp-introspectyzXWGq/GLib-2.0: undefined symbol: g_bytes_get_type

It is interesting that in the first line, the -lgobject-2.0 is before -L/local/certik/bld/glib2/d3uwded7lzje/lib which would indicate failure, but there is also another one -lgobject-2.0 after that. In the second line, the first occurrence of -lgobject-2.0 disappeared.

[certik]

With gobject-introspection 1.31.22 I am getting the same error, just a different symbol:

[gobject-introspection] /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-pcdm5htfvjuw-1/tmp-introspect_TGccQ/GLib-2.0: symbol lookup error: /local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-pcdm5htfvjuw-1/tmp-introspect_TGccQ/GLib-2.0: undefined symbol: g_bytes_get_type
[gobject-introspection] Command '['/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-pcdm5htfvjuw-1/tmp-introspect_TGccQ/GLib-2.0', '--introspect-dump=/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-pcdm5htfvjuw-1/tmp-introspect_TGccQ/functions.txt,/local/certik/tmp/gobject-introspection-pcdm5htfvjuw-1/tmp-introspect_TGccQ/dump.xml']' returned non-zero exit status 127

The same error was reported by various people (so the above is definitely not unique to my configuration):

• https://gist.github.com/cosmo0920/2774477
• http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6813910.html
• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1603874&page=34
• https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2010-April/msg00038.html

[certik]

Found it! The problem was that LDFLAGS must be used also for the make step, not just the configure step. Patch is coming.

[stefanofiorentino]

It seems the problem is still over there
GISCAN GLib-2.0.gir
/devel/gobject-introspection/tmp-introspectXhjgkO/GLib-2.0: undefined symbol: g_option_group_get_type

[information-security]

Dear @stefanofiorentino,
I'm facing same problem (I guess). Could you find any solution to this?
Installed glib-2.50.0 from source
trying to install gobject-introspection-1.50.0 I get following error:

tmp-introspectb77rzt6o/home/gobject-introspection-1.50.0/tmp-introspectb77rzt6o/GLib-2.0.o:(.data.rel+0x158): undefined reference to `g_option_group_get_type'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
linking of temporary binary failed: Command '['/bin/bash', './libtool', '--mode=link', '--tag=CC', '--silent', 'gcc', '-o', '/home/gobject-introspection-1.50.0/tmp-introspectb77rzt6o/GLib-2.0', '-export-dynamic', '-fno-strict-aliasing', '-Wsign-compare', '-Wcast-align', '-Wpointer-arith', '-Wnested-externs', '-Wmissing-prototypes', '-Wmissing-declarations', '-Wchar-subscripts', '-Wall', '-g', '-O2', 'tmp-introspectb77rzt6o/home/gobject-introspection-1.50.0/tmp-introspectb77rzt6o/GLib-2.0.o', '-lgio-2.0', '-lgobject-2.0', '-Wl,--export-dynamic', '-lgmodule-2.0', '-pthread', '-lglib-2.0', '-lglib-2.0', '-lgobject-2.0']' returned non-zero exit status 1
Makefile:3520: recipe for target 'GLib-2.0.gir' failed

Executing following command returns nothing which means installed library does not include g_option_group_get_type:

readelf -Ws /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgobject-2.0.so | grep g_option_group_get_type

I have also created a test program to make sure correct version is set up:

const char* p = glib_check_version (2, 50, 0);
if (!p) printf("OK");
else printf(p);

Which prints 'OK'.

My platform is Debian 3.16.43-2 (2017-04-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
It's almost 3 days I'm trying to solve this problem with no luck. Anybody got any idea?