[Bug 2086543] [NEW] libzstd.a not built with -fPIC flag

[Udit Agarwal]

Public bug reported:

1) Summary:

ZSTD static library (libzstd.a) provided in 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1 is not
position-independent. So, linking this library to a shared library
fails.

2) Package Info:

$ apt-cache policy libzstd-dev
libzstd-dev:
  Installed: 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1
  Candidate: 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1
  Version table:
 *** 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1 500
        500 http://linux-ftp.jf.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://linux-ftp.fi.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1 500
        500 http://linux-ftp.jf.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://linux-ftp.fi.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

3) Operating System Info:

$ lsb_release -rd
No LSB modules are available.
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Release:        24.04

4) What you expected to happen:
static library should be built with "-fPIC" flag. Conan, for example, distribute zstd with `-fPIC` flag (https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/blob/master/recipes/zstd/all/conanfile.py#L27).

5) What happened instead:

Consider the following reproducer:
-------------------------------
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <zstd.h>

int main(int argc, const char** argv)
{
    char stringToCompress[] = "String to be compressed";
    int len = strlen(stringToCompress);
    int bound = ZSTD_compressBound(len);
    char* dstBuff = (char*)malloc(bound);

    int compressedSize = ZSTD_compress(dstBuff, bound, stringToCompress,
len, 1);

    printf("Size of original buffer: %d\n", len);
    printf("Size of compressed buffer: %d\n", compressedSize);

    free(dstBuff);
    return 0;
}
--------------------------------
Try compiling this as a shared library by linking static zstd:

$ clang -fPIC -shared <reproducer> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.a

/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.a(zstd_compress.o): warning: relocation against `ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim' in read-only section `.text'
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.a(zstd_compress.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreExplicitBlockDelim' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: bad value
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

** Affects: libzstd (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  libzstd.a not built with -fPIC flag

Status in libzstd package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  1) Summary:

  ZSTD static library (libzstd.a) provided in 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1 is
  not position-independent. So, linking this library to a shared library
  fails.

  2) Package Info:

  $ apt-cache policy libzstd-dev
  libzstd-dev:
    Installed: 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1
    Candidate: 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1
    Version table:
   *** 1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1.1 500
          500 http://linux-ftp.jf.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://linux-ftp.fi.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       1.5.5+dfsg2-2build1 500
          500 http://linux-ftp.jf.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://linux-ftp.fi.intel.com/pub/mirrors/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages

  3) Operating System Info:

  $ lsb_release -rd
  No LSB modules are available.
  Description:    Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  Release:        24.04

  4) What you expected to happen:
  static library should be built with "-fPIC" flag. Conan, for example, distribute zstd with `-fPIC` flag (https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/blob/master/recipes/zstd/all/conanfile.py#L27).

  5) What happened instead:

  Consider the following reproducer:
  -------------------------------
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <string.h>
  #include <zstd.h>

  int main(int argc, const char** argv)
  {
      char stringToCompress[] = "String to be compressed";
      int len = strlen(stringToCompress);
      int bound = ZSTD_compressBound(len);
      char* dstBuff = (char*)malloc(bound);

      int compressedSize = ZSTD_compress(dstBuff, bound,
  stringToCompress, len, 1);

      printf("Size of original buffer: %d\n", len);
      printf("Size of compressed buffer: %d\n", compressedSize);

      free(dstBuff);
      return 0;
  }
  --------------------------------
  Try compiling this as a shared library by linking static zstd:

  $ clang -fPIC -shared <reproducer> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.a

  /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.a(zstd_compress.o): warning: relocation against `ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim' in read-only section `.text'
  /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.a(zstd_compress.o): relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against symbol `ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreExplicitBlockDelim' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
  /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: bad value
  clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)

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