elfutils: Error linking libraries against elfutils with undefined symbol: eu_search_tree_init

[javierhonduco]

Nixpkgs version

• Unstable (25.05)

Describe the bug

Statically linking an application against elfutils fails with error: undefined symbol: eu_search_tree_init.

Steps to reproduce

This can be easily reproduced in my application. Apologies that it's not, erm, minimal:

• git clone https://github.com/javierhonduco/lightswitch
• cd lightswitch && nix flake update
• nix build

This seems to be this bug reported upstream https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=32293. I don't think a new version that has this bugfix as been released.

Expected behaviour

Linking should succeed

Screenshots

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Relevant log output

>   = note: rust-lld: error: undefined symbol: eu_search_tree_fini
       >           >>> referenced by elf_end.o:(elf_end) in archive /build/nzfk4l14s8c77zjgxyywy81giryzs6mh-source/target/release/deps/liblibbpf_sys-f6e8a042e99e77a3.rlib
       >           
       >           rust-lld: error: undefined symbol: eu_search_tree_init
       >           >>> referenced by elf_begin.o:(file_read_elf) in archive /build/nzfk4l14s8c77zjgxyywy81giryzs6mh-source/target/release/deps/liblibbpf_sys-f6e8a042e99e77a3.rlib
       >           >>> referenced by elf_begin.o:(file_read_elf) in archive /build/nzfk4l14s8c77zjgxyywy81giryzs6mh-source/target/release/deps/liblibbpf_sys-f6e8a042e99e77a3.rlib
       >           collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
       >           

Additional context

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System metadata

• system: "x86_64-linux"
• host os: Linux 6.11.7-200.fc40.x86_64, Fedora Linux, 40 (Workstation Edition), nobuild
• multi-user?: yes
• sandbox: yes
• version: nix-env (Nix) 2.24.9
• nixpkgs: /nix/store/qpjsygnxp61armwi0rhk3yw7wygc27ch-source

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[javierhonduco]

I've just checked and seems like this is still an issue (nixpkgs @ 5633bcff0c6162b9e4b5f1264264611e950c8ec7)