Public bug reported: The static library for libyajl-dev is installed as /usr/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu/libyajl_s.a and not /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libyajl.a. This means that static linking with "-lyajl" will not find it; you need to use "-lyajl_s".
This has not been explained to pkg-config (and I suspect the pkg-config file format can't express it). So when you do "pkg-config --static --libs yajl", you get back "-lyajl" and not "-lyajl_s". You also get the erroneous "-lyajl" when you ask pkg-config about anything that *depends* on yajl, such as raptor2: $ pkg-config --libs --static raptor2 -lraptor2 -lcurl -lxml2 -lxslt -lxml2 -lyajl This makes pkg-config not work for linking statically against any library that depends on yajl. The Debian bug for this problem is at https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=877285 and has been sitting idel for several months. I've also opened an upstream bug at https://github.com/lloyd/yajl/issues/209 but the upstream project seems suspiciously quiet, and I think the upstream maintainer may have quit. I believe the actual problem with the upstream code is at https://github.com/lloyd/yajl/blob/5e3a7856e643b4d6410ddc3f84bc2f38174f2872/src/CMakeLists.txt#L38-L40 where CMake is told to build a static library and a dynamic library with different names. (This might be necessary on Windows, but nobody knows how to deal with it in Linux.) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: libyajl-dev 2.1.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-124.148-generic 4.4.117 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-124-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Tue May 22 12:37:28 2018 Dependencies: gcc-6-base 6.2.0-3ubuntu11~12.04 [origin: unknown] libc6 2.23-0ubuntu10 libgcc1 1:6.2.0-3ubuntu11~12.04 [origin: unknown] libyajl2 2.1.0-2 multiarch-support 2.23-0ubuntu10 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-18 (1859 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) SourcePackage: yajl UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-02-26 (85 days ago) ** Affects: yajl (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1772711 Title: Static library for libyajl is "libyajl_s.a" and pkg-config lies about it To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yajl/+bug/1772711/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
