xmlrpc-c: file too small for architecture x86_64 (XCode 4.3)

[phyre19@…]

When trying to install the xmlrpc-c 1.16.36 port, it fails. Here's the main.log contents:

​https://gist.github.com/2047271

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

The relevant error in the log seems to be:

:info:build ld: in gennmtab.o, file too small for architecture x86_64
:info:build clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I'm not sure why though. You could try using a different compiler as a workaround.

[phyre19@…]

Replying to ryandesign@…:

The relevant error in the log seems to be:

:info:build ld: in gennmtab.o, file too small for architecture x86_64
:info:build clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

I'm not sure why though. You could try using a different compiler as a workaround.

Excellent! This solved the problem. The command that worked is:

sudo port install xmlrpc-c configure.compiler=llvm-gcc-4.2

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

I don't understand exactly why that's happening either, but forced llvm-gcc-4.2 instead of clang in r90874.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

r90874 is bad. It works perfectly fine on other versions of clang. What version are you seeing the problem with? Please provide:

/usr/bin/clang --verison

Also, examine that gennmtab.o to figure out why it's bad. Provide the C-preprocessed source for it as well as the object file, so we can figure out the problem and not just block all versions of clang from building this project.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Cc Me!

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

I installed XCode 4.3 on a Lion machine, and the problem still exists with llvm-gcc ... puzzling...

/usr/bin/llvm-g++-4.2 -arch x86_64  -dynamiclib -undefined suppress -single_module -flat_namespace -install_name /opt/local/lib/libxmlrpc_server_abyss++.4.16.dylib  server_abyss.osh  -L. -lxmlrpc_server++  -lxmlrpc++ -Lblddir/src -lxmlrpc_server_abyss -lxmlrpc_server -lxmlrpc -L/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_jeremy_src_macports_trunk_dports_devel_xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c/work/xmlrpc-c-1.16.36/lib/expat/xmlparse -lxmlrpc_xmlparse -L/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_jeremy_src_macports_trunk_dports_devel_xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c/work/xmlrpc-c-1.16.36/lib/expat/xmltok -lxmlrpc_xmltok -L/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_jeremy_src_macports_trunk_dports_devel_xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c/work/xmlrpc-c-1.16.36/lib/abyss/src -lxmlrpc_abyss -L/opt/local/var/macports/build/_Users_jeremy_src_macports_trunk_dports_devel_xmlrpc-c/xmlrpc-c/work/xmlrpc-c-1.16.36/lib/libutil -lxmlrpc_util  -o libxmlrpc_server_abyss++.4.16.dylib  
rm -f libxmlrpc_cpp.dylib
ln -s libxmlrpc_cpp.4.16.dylib libxmlrpc_cpp.dylib
ld: in ./libxmlrpc++.a, file too small for architecture x86_64
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [libxmlrpc_server_abyss++.4.16.dylib] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

That's interesting, it fails for me with Xcode 4.3.1 clang but works just fine with llvm-gcc.

That's

Apple clang version 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.45) (based on LLVM 3.1svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.3.0
Thread model: posix

and

llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build)

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

~ $ /usr/bin/llvm-gcc --version
i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2 (GCC) 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2336.9.00)
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

~ $ /usr/bin/clang --version
Apple clang version 3.1 (tags/Apple/clang-318.0.45) (based on LLVM 3.1svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin11.3.0
Thread model: posix

...

There's something really, really, really, weird going on here...

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

I'm grabbing 4.3.2 on this machine now... this is my 100% external machine, so it's not tainted with any internal Apple bits.

[drkp (Dan Ports)]

I don't really have time to look into this, but let me know if there's something you want me to try.

[jeremyhu (Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia)]

Builds for me with XCode 4.4, and there's no noise here... so closing. If someone is still seeing this, please reopen with more details. I also updated the version of xmlrpc-c in r96146