Use node-ffi failed for symbol not found

[XbinZh]

Hi, there

A problem block me for several days, after install ref & ffi via npm. when using them the error is thrown:
"ffi/node_modules/ref/build/Release/binding.node: __snprintf_chk: symbol not found".
I have tried to find a way out, for example install glibc, install them on alpine image, etc. But the result is sad for me. Is there anyone could help me?
This is the information gotten by ldd:
ldd binding.node
ldd (0x7f75786b0000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x7f7578157000)
libpthread.so.0 => ldd (0x7f75786b0000)
libc.so.6 => ldd (0x7f75786b0000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7f7577f44000)
Error relocating binding.node: _ZNK2v85Value8ToUint32ENS_5LocalINS_7ContextEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v814ObjectTemplate21SetInternalFieldCountEi: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v87Isolate14ThrowExceptionENS_5LocalINS_5ValueEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZNK2v85Value12IntegerValueENS_5LocalINS_7ContextEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v814ObjectTemplate11NewInstanceENS_5LocalINS_7ContextEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v820EscapableHandleScopeC1EPNS_7IsolateE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v811HandleScope12CreateHandleEPNS_8internal7IsolateEPNS1_6ObjectE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v87Isolate17GetCurrentContextEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v816FunctionTemplate12SetClassNameENS_5LocalINS_6StringEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86String11NewFromUtf8EPNS_7IsolateEPKcNS_13NewStringTypeEi: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN4node6Buffer11HasInstanceEN2v85LocalINS1_5ValueEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZNK2v85Value11Uint32ValueEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v811HandleScopeC1EPNS_7IsolateE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZNK2v85Value12BooleanValueEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v87Integer15NewFromUnsignedEPNS_7IsolateEj: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86Object20SlowGetInternalFieldEi: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: ZN2v86Object3SetENS_5LocalINS_5ValueEEES3: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86Object8ForceSetENS_5LocalINS_5ValueEEES3_NS_17PropertyAttributeE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v82V817FromJustIsNothingEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: ZN4node6Buffer3NewEPN2v87IsolateEPcmPFvS4_PvES5: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86Number3NewEPNS_7IsolateEd: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v816FunctionTemplate3NewEPNS_7IsolateEPFvRKNS_20FunctionCallbackInfoINS_5ValueEEEENS_5LocalIS4_EENSA_INS_9SignatureEEEi: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: node_module_register: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZNK2v88External5ValueEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86String9Utf8ValueC1ENS_5LocalINS_5ValueEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v816FunctionTemplate11GetFunctionENS_5LocalINS_7ContextEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86Object16SetInternalFieldEiNS_5LocalINS_5ValueEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v811HandleScopeD2Ev: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v88External3NewEPNS_7IsolateEPv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v82V812ToLocalEmptyEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v814ObjectTemplate3NewEPNS_7IsolateENS_5LocalINS_16FunctionTemplateEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v82V813DisposeGlobalEPPNS_8internal6ObjectE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v811HandleScope12CreateHandleEPNS_8internal10HeapObjectEPNS1_6ObjectE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v811HandleScopeD1Ev: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v820EscapableHandleScope6EscapeEPPNS_8internal6ObjectE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v82V818GlobalizeReferenceEPNS_8internal7IsolateEPPNS1_6ObjectE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86Object3NewEPNS_7IsolateE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: __snprintf_chk: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v89Exception5ErrorENS_5LocalINS_6StringEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v87Isolate10GetCurrentEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v89Exception9TypeErrorENS_5LocalINS_6StringEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN4node6Buffer4DataEN2v85LocalINS1_6ObjectEEE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZNK2v85Value8IsNumberEv: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v82V88MakeWeakEPPNS_8internal6ObjectEPvPFvRKNS_16WeakCallbackInfoIvEEENS_16WeakCallbackTypeE: symbol not found
Error relocating binding.node: _ZN2v86String9Utf8ValueD1Ev: symbol not found

[chorrell]

If this is on the alpine variant, you might need to install something like the libffi-dev apk package. The ref and ffi npm packages might require something that's not installed. Also, you didn't mention which node.js version you are using. It's possible ref or ffi is not compatible with the node version you are using. If this only happens on the alpine variant, it might be easier to just switch to the slim variant instead which is based on debian.

[XbinZh]

@chorrel, thanks for your answer, i'm using nodejs V4.5.0, and it is okay while i'm using ffi on Ubuntu.

[LaurentGoderre]

Could you document all the steps I would need to reproduce this error on the alpine version?

[XbinZh]

I have switched to no using alpine, thanks for your help.
For alpine version, i just installed nodejs and the node_modules ffi normally. It comes out something missed in alpine version while everything works fine on Ubuntu.

[LaurentGoderre]

@XbinZh the point of Alpine Linux is to be as small as possible so you'd need to install some of the dependencies in your Dockerfile.

FROM node:alpine

RUN apk add --no-cache \
        libffi-dev \
    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
        python \
        make \
        g++ \
    && npm install ffi \
    && apk del .build-deps

This comes in at 65Mb

[LaurentGoderre]

Actually, node-ffi includes the ffi lib so you could really do:

FROM node:alpine

RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps \
        python \
        make \
        g++ \
    && npm install ffi \
    && apk del .build-deps