Nodejs build error when trying to build as static library

[niks3089]

• 11.14.0:
• Ubuntu 18.04:
• Building:
• clang-6.0:

I am trying to build node as a static library, however when I run

./configure --fully-static --enable-static
make -j4

I see the below error:

/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/obj.target/openssl/deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/dso/dso_dlfcn.o: In function `dlfcn_load
':                                                                                      
dso_dlfcn.c:(.text+0x4d): warning: Using 'dlopen' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/obj.target/openssl/deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/b_addr.o: In function `BIO_lookup_ex
':                      
b_addr.c:(.text+0x982): warning: Using 'getaddrinfo' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/obj.target/openssl/deps/openssl/openssl/crypto/bio/b_sock.o: In function `BIO_gethostby
name':                                                             
b_sock.c:(.text+0x231): warning: Using 'gethostbyname' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking
  touch 3b2ce0ad5cd0f84a9a09308b6734ccc3560f8ac4.intermediate
  LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/lib.host:/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5
d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/lib.target:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH; export LD_LIBRARY_PATH; cd ../deps/v8/gypfiles; mkdir -p /home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d
88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/obj/gen/torque-generated; "/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/torq
ue" ../src/builtins/base.tq ../src/builtins/array.tq ../src/builtins/array-copywithin.tq ../src/builtins/array-foreach.tq ../src/builtins/array-reverse.tq ../src/builtins/typed-array.tq ../src/builtins/da
ta-view.tq ../third_party/v8/builtins/array-sort.tq -o "/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/obj/gen/torque-generated"
/usr/bin/ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcasecmp' with pointer equality in `/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7.3.0/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.a(strcasecmp.o)' can not be used when making an e
xecutable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
deps/openssl/openssl-cli.target.mk:237: recipe for target '/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/openssl-cli' failed
make[1]: *** [/home/nikhil/.conan/data/node/11.14.0/includeos/test/build/5d88dc4b26402479b7aa0fcb29ca9b9c28da4c9f/node/out/Release/openssl-cli] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
rm 3b2ce0ad5cd0f84a9a09308b6734ccc3560f8ac4.intermediate addced3c36ef33dba58eeba9a13559ff046244ea.intermediate
Makefile:100: recipe for target 'node' failed
make: *** [node] Error 2

[bnoordhuis]

The short answer is that static linking to glibc doesn't work in general, google around for reasons. You need to link to a libc like musl if you want to use --fully-static.

[gireeshpunathil]

ping @niks3089 - is this resolved?

[niks3089]

yes it is.