From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: ross@burtonini.com
Cc: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #19727: pg-combinebackup fails to link
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:48:20 -0400
Message-ID: <599939.1790693300@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19727-32d67d9dea410f38@postgresql.org>
References: <19727-32d67d9dea410f38@postgresql.org>
PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> When I build pg-combineback from postgress 18.6 (in Yocto, cross-compiled on
> aarch64 to aarch64), it fails to link:
> aarch64-poky-linux-ld: src/common/libpgcommon.a(jsonapi.o): in function
> `json_lex_number':
> src/common/jsonapi.c:2379:(.text+0x168): undefined reference to
> `appendBinaryPQExpBuffer'
You seem to be using a broken linker :-(
pg_combinebackup doesn't use any of the functions in
src/common/jsonapi.c. Therefore, the jsonapi.o member of
libpgcommon.a shouldn't get pulled into the link, and its
unsatisfied dependency on libpq.so shouldn't matter.
Apparently, whatever build toolchain you're using has
forgotten this decades-old principle of .a library usage.
regards, tom lane
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