Created attachment 10900 [details] Don't use hidden visibility without ldconfig Hello! Glibc 2.27 fails to build on x86_64 Linux when use_ldconfig=no. > x86_64-guix-linux-gnu-gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -o /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf/pldd -Wl,-z,combreloc -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--hash-style=both /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/csu/crt1.o /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/csu/crti.o `x86_64-guix-linux-gnu-gcc --print-file-name=crtbegin.o` /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf/pldd.o /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf/xmalloc.o -Wl,-dynamic-linker=/gnu/store/lbpw3mkkqsbgw7sfibhxwi95b92l78zz-glibc-intermediate-2.27/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 -Wl,-rpath-link=/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/math:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/dlfcn:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/nss:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/nis:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/rt:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/resolv:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/crypt:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/mathvec:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/support:/tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/nptl /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/libc.so.6 /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/libc_nonshared.a -Wl,--as-needed /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf/ld.so -Wl,--no-as-needed -lgcc `x86_64-guix-linux-gnu-gcc --print-file-name=crtend.o` /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/csu/crtn.o > /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf/xmalloc.o: In function `fixup_null_alloc': > /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/glibc-2.27/elf/../locale/programs/xmalloc.c:63: undefined reference to `_libc_intl_domainname' > /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/glibc-2.27/elf/../locale/programs/xmalloc.c:63: undefined reference to `__dcgettext' > x86_64-guix-linux-gnu-ld: /tmp/guix-build-glibc-intermediate-2.27.drv-0/build/elf/pldd: hidden symbol `__dcgettext' isn't defined > x86_64-guix-linux-gnu-ld: final link failed: Bad value > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I bisected it down to this commit: https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=8d2ec553295a16ca94fe0285d6307e3b00a402d6 Adding an additional check for "&& defined USE_LDCONFIG" solves it.