Building 20.12.0 with old GLIBC: sys/random.h: No such file or directory

[njzjz]

Version

20.12.0

Platform

Linux 42c14383a17c 6.7.3-100.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Feb 1 03:33:32 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Subsystem

CentOS 7

What steps will reproduce the bug?

Use the quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64 docker image (CentOS 7 based) to build nodejs (./configure).

How often does it reproduce? Is there a required condition?

It can be consistently reproduced.

What is the expected behavior? Why is that the expected behavior?

It can be successfully built, like 20.11.1.

node/deps/cares/src/lib/ares_rand.c

Lines 38 to 40 in 94fb854

	#ifdef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H
	# include <sys/random.h>
	#endif

These three lines were added by #51385 (upstream: c-ares/c-ares@d8edb76), and I believe that HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H is not correctly set when sys/random.h is missing in the old glibc (<2.25).

What do you see instead?

2024-03-26T19:49:01.0021083Z     cc -o /tmp/tmppjl__aad/build/nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs/out/Release/obj.target/cares/deps/cares/src/lib/ares_rand.o ../deps/cares/src/lib/ares_rand.c '-D_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=1' '-DNODE_OPENSSL_CONF_NAME=nodejs_conf' '-DNODE_OPENSSL_HAS_QUIC' '-DICU_NO_USER_DATA_OVERRIDE' '-D_DARWIN_USE_64_BIT_INODE=1' '-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE' '-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64' '-D_GNU_SOURCE' '-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS' '-DOPENSSL_NO_PINSHARED' '-DOPENSSL_THREADS' '-DCARES_STATICLIB' '-DHAVE_CONFIG_H' -I../deps/cares/include -I../deps/cares/config/linux  -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -g -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter --std=gnu11 -m64 -O3 -fno-omit-frame-pointer  -MMD -MF /tmp/tmppjl__aad/build/nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs/out/Release/.deps//tmp/tmppjl__aad/build/nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs/out/Release/obj.target/cares/deps/cares/src/lib/ares_rand.o.d.raw   -c
2024-03-26T19:49:01.0552754Z   ../deps/cares/src/lib/ares_rand.c:39:12: fatal error: sys/random.h: No such file or directory
2024-03-26T19:49:01.0553982Z      39 | #  include <sys/random.h>
2024-03-26T19:49:01.0554526Z         |            ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2024-03-26T19:49:01.0559918Z   compilation terminated.
2024-03-26T19:49:01.0588060Z   make[1]: *** [/tmp/tmppjl__aad/build/nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs/out/Release/obj.target/cares/deps/cares/src/lib/ares_rand.o] Error 1
2024-03-26T19:49:01.0590872Z   make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
2024-03-26T19:49:01.2031508Z   rm 6b3de4dd491ec37fd0646cdb3ef3868d29e0cb21.intermediate
2024-03-26T19:49:01.2232100Z   make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/tmppjl__aad/build/nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs/out'
2024-03-26T19:49:01.2253454Z   make: *** [node] Error 2
2024-03-26T19:49:01.2263564Z   FAILED: nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs-stamp/nodejs-build /tmp/tmppjl__aad/build/nodejs-prefix/src/nodejs-stamp/nodejs-build

Additional information

No response

[Ch3nYuY]

I reproduced your problem using the same Docker image. By temporarily compiling successfully with #undef HAVE_GETRANDOM #undef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H in deps/cares/config/linux/ares_config.h.

At the same time, I found that the HAVE_GETRANDOM macro encountered the same problem. They seem to have been introduced during the automated update of c-ares (#51385, #51582). I'm looking into how to fix them.

[Ch3nYuY]

The root cause of this compilation error is that Node.js adopted a static method to directly load config/linux/ares_config.h when incorporating c-ares configurations for different architectures.

node/deps/cares/cares.gyp

Lines 197 to 200 in 6d2d3f1

	[ 'OS=="linux"', {
	'include_dirs': [ 'config/linux' ],
	'sources': [ 'config/linux/ares_config.h' ]
	}],

As a result, the original mechanism of c-ares for generating macros, as demonstrated below, was not executed.

node/deps/cares/configure

Lines 21505 to 21509 in 6d2d3f1

	if test "x$ac_cv_header_sys_random_h" = xyes
	then :
	printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H 1" >>confdefs.h
	fi

However, I currently do not know how to dynamically detect header files and set macros in GYP.

[richardlau]

sys/random.h was added in glibc 2.25. glibc 2.28 has been the minimum supported version since Node.js 18, so this isn't an issue for Node.js.

If you are building Node.js for an older glibc you'll need to make adjustments accordingly.

[scosol]

nodejs/unofficial-builds#127

[njzjz]

However, I currently do not know how to dynamically detect header files and set macros in GYP.

Could we append the following codes to deps/cares/config/linux/ares_config.h:

#if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 25))
#undef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H
#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM
#endif

When GLIBC version <2.25, undefine HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H and HAVE_GETRANDOM.

[zhuzhzh]

However, I currently do not know how to dynamically detect header files and set macros in GYP.

Could we append the following codes to deps/cares/config/linux/ares_config.h:

#if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 25))
#undef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H
#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM
#endif

When GLIBC version <2.25, undefine HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H and HAVE_GETRANDOM.

I agree with this workaround!

[okuryu]

I have solved this problem by applying Anna's patch.
nodejs/unofficial-builds#127 (review)
so I have successfully built v18 and v20 on CentOS 7 (glibc 2.17) and they pass tests with citgm.

[Artiom-Morozov-Resilio]

However, I currently do not know how to dynamically detect header files and set macros in GYP.

Could we append the following codes to deps/cares/config/linux/ares_config.h:

#if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 25))
#undef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H
#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM
#endif

When GLIBC version <2.25, undefine HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H and HAVE_GETRANDOM.

That may need #include <sys/types.h> above check as well, because GLIBC comes from features.h and it's not included on all pathes where ares_config.h is included. I see it on glibc 2.17.

You can check your setup it by adding

#else
caboom

branch and building on older glibc, should not fail if all macros are set.

[kftang]

However, I currently do not know how to dynamically detect header files and set macros in GYP.

Could we append the following codes to deps/cares/config/linux/ares_config.h:

#if defined(__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC__ < 2 || (__GLIBC__ == 2 && __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 25))
#undef HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H
#undef HAVE_GETRANDOM
#endif

When GLIBC version <2.25, undefine HAVE_SYS_RANDOM_H and HAVE_GETRANDOM.

That may need #include <sys/types.h> above check as well, because GLIBC comes from features.h and it's not included on all pathes where ares_config.h is included. I see it on glibc 2.17.

You can check your setup it by adding

#else
caboom

branch and building on older glibc, should not fail if all macros are set.

This worked for me on RHEL 7.5

[surmish]

Can you suggest a workaround for this to build on machines with older glibc versions?

> ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.17

[scosol]

Can you suggest a workaround for this to build on machines with older glibc versions?

> ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.17

See the code in here: https://unofficial-builds.nodejs.org/

nodejs/unofficial-builds#129