Failure to link against libmemcached

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • libmemcached fails to link libpthread on RHEL 7
# cat test.c 
#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

int main()
{
    memcached_st ms;
    memcached_create(&ms);
    return 0;
}

# gcc -Wall -o test test.c -lmemcached
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.2/../../../../lib64/libmemcached.so: undefined reference to `pthread_once'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

# ldd /usr/lib64/libmemcached.so
    linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff985fe000)
    libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fce89122000)
    libsasl2.so.3 => /lib64/libsasl2.so.3 (0x00007fce88f05000)
    libstdc++.so.6 => /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fce88bfd000)
    libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fce888fb000)
    libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fce8853a000)
    libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fce88323000)
    /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fce8956c000)
    libresolv.so.2 => /lib64/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fce88109000)
    libcrypt.so.1 => /lib64/libcrypt.so.1 (0x00007fce87ed2000)
    libfreebl3.so => /lib64/libfreebl3.so (0x00007fce87c52000)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0
  • libmemcached-1.0.16-3.el7.x86_64

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content