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Add suggestions for "undefined reference" link errors

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Smitty 2021-06-22 17:46:34 -04:00
parent 6a5b97adb4
commit ce63d55bc7
1 changed files with 14 additions and 5 deletions
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compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
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@ -912,14 +912,23 @@ fn link_natively<'a, B: ArchiveBuilder<'a>>(
if !prog.status.success() {
let mut output = prog.stderr.clone();
output.extend_from_slice(&prog.stdout);
sess.struct_err(&format!(
let escaped_output = escape_stdout_stderr_string(&output);
let mut err = sess.struct_err(&format!(
"linking with `{}` failed: {}",
linker_path.display(),
prog.status
))
.note(&format!("{:?}", &cmd))
.note(&escape_stdout_stderr_string(&output))
.emit();
));
err.note(&format!("{:?}", &cmd)).note(&escaped_output);
if escaped_output.contains("undefined reference to") {
err.help(
"some `extern` functions couldn't be found; some native libraries may \
need to be installed or have their path specified",
);
err.note("use the `-l` flag to specify native libraries to link");
err.note("use the `cargo:rustc-link-lib` directive to specify the native \
libraries to link with Cargo (see https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/build-scripts.html#cargorustc-link-libkindname)");
}
err.emit();
// If MSVC's `link.exe` was expected but the return code
// is not a Microsoft LNK error then suggest a way to fix or