clang-toolchain > 6 picks crt*.o from /lib or /lib64 on foreign distros. Here are runs on a CentOS machine:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ guix environment --pure --ad-hoc clang-toolchain@6 -- c++ hello.cpp $ echo $? 0 $ guix environment --pure --ad-hoc clang-toolchain@7 -- c++ hello.cpp ld: /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/../../../libstdc++.so: undefined reference to `__cxa_thread_atexit_impl@GLIBC_2.18' clang-7: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) $ echo $? 1 $ guix environment --pure --ad-hoc clang-toolchain@12 -- c++ hello.cpp ld: /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/../../../libstdc++.so: undefined reference to `__cxa_thread_atexit_impl@GLIBC_2.18' clang-12: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) $ guix environment --pure --ad-hoc clang-toolchain@12 -- c++ -v hello.cpp clang version 12.0.0 Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Thread model: posix InstalledDir: /gnu/store/vgsb018grjlhhb2gjkb3gyfm5w7mx9mx-profile/bin Found candidate GCC installation: /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0 Selected GCC installation: /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0 Candidate multilib: .;@m64 Selected multilib: .;@m64 Found CUDA installation: /usr/local/cuda, version 10.0 "/gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/bin/clang-12" -cc1 -triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -emit-obj -mrelax-all --mrelax-relocations -disable-free -disable-llvm-verifier -discard-value-names -main-file-name hello.cpp -mrelocation-model static -mframe-pointer=all -fmath-errno -fno-rounding-math -mconstructor-aliases -munwind-tables -target-cpu x86-64 -tune-cpu generic -fno-split-dwarf-inlining -debugger-tuning=gdb -v -resource-dir /gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/lib/clang/12.0.0 -c-isystem /gnu/store/vgsb018grjlhhb2gjkb3gyfm5w7mx9mx-profile/include -cxx-isystem /gnu/store/vgsb018grjlhhb2gjkb3gyfm5w7mx9mx-profile/include -internal-isystem /gnu/store/rn75fm7adgx3pw5j8pg3bczfqq1y17lk-gcc-7.5.0/include/c++ -internal-isystem /gnu/store/rn75fm7adgx3pw5j8pg3bczfqq1y17lk-gcc-7.5.0/include/c++/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -internal-isystem /gnu/store/rn75fm7adgx3pw5j8pg3bczfqq1y17lk-gcc-7.5.0/include/c++/backward -internal-isystem /usr/local/include -internal-isystem /gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/lib/clang/12.0.0/include -internal-externc-isystem /gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31/include -fdeprecated-macro -fdebug-compilation-dir /home/courtes -ferror-limit 19 -fgnuc-version=4.2.1 -fcxx-exceptions -fexceptions -fcolor-diagnostics -faddrsig -o /tmp/hello-7b344d.o -x c++ hello.cpp clang -cc1 version 12.0.0 based upon LLVM 12.0.0 default target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /gnu/store/vgsb018grjlhhb2gjkb3gyfm5w7mx9mx-profile/include /gnu/store/rn75fm7adgx3pw5j8pg3bczfqq1y17lk-gcc-7.5.0/include/c++ /gnu/store/rn75fm7adgx3pw5j8pg3bczfqq1y17lk-gcc-7.5.0/include/c++/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu /gnu/store/rn75fm7adgx3pw5j8pg3bczfqq1y17lk-gcc-7.5.0/include/c++/backward /usr/local/include /gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/lib/clang/12.0.0/include /gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31/include End of search list. "/gnu/store/vgsb018grjlhhb2gjkb3gyfm5w7mx9mx-profile/bin/ld" --eh-frame-hdr -m elf_x86_64 -dynamic-linker //gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -o a.out /lib/../lib64/crt1.o /lib/../lib64/crti.o /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/crtbegin.o -L/gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0 -L/lib/../lib64 -L/gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/../../.. -L/gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/bin/../lib -L/gnu/store/fa6wj5bxkj5ll1d7292a70knmyl7a0cr-glibc-2.31/lib -L/gnu/store/vgsb018grjlhhb2gjkb3gyfm5w7mx9mx-profile/lib /tmp/hello-7b344d.o -lstdc++ -lm -lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -lgcc_s -lgcc /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/crtend.o /lib/../lib64/crtn.o ld: /gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/../../../libstdc++.so: undefined reference to `__cxa_thread_atexit_impl@GLIBC_2.18' clang-12: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Notice ‘/lib/../lib64/crt1.o’ etc. above. This suggests that ‘clang-11.0-libc-search-path.patch’ & co. aren’t sufficient any longer. ‘strace’ shows that ‘c++’ goes through sequences like this one: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- access("/gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/lib/clang/12.0.0/crt1.o", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such f ile or directory) access("/gnu/store/nzfhh1rm85lx2p5plbx45qqj82pcv5hp-clang-runtime-12.0.0/lib/linux/crt1.o", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/gnu/store/vn69pklab842xyig8d0c6xq6s9iyqhl0-clang-12.0.0/bin/../crt1.o", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or dir ectory) access("/gnu/store/f0ca0lf64bw08srv1bj7gkg6ag0sbdb2-gcc-7.5.0-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/7.5.0/crt1.o", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) access("/lib/../lib64/crt1.o", F_OK) = 0 --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- To be continued… Ludo’.