Is it possible to compile Vix using Burrito? #204
Description
Thanks for creating vix! It's really useful.
I've been struggling for months to use Burrito to build a distributable single-file binary for my Elixir project. Everything works except vix compilation.
I keep hitting pipe.c:3:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found and ld.lld: error: unable to find library -l:libvips.so.42.
Initially, I suspected it was a libvips/vips packaging problem with my distribution (Fedora 41). But I subsequently tried building on a different Fedora 42 machine and on a third Debian 12 machine and hit the same failure on all three, so it's less likely to be a packaging bug.
That leaves three other layers of the onion to investigate. I opened tickets with the other two layers (see below) and am still searching for an answer, so I'm opening this ticket in hopes someone can figure out why I can't compile libvips and vix with Burrito.
burrito: Vix NIF recompilation failing with "pipe.c:3:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found" #190libvips: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found #4672
I documented my compilation failures more thoroughly here, but here's a typical failure:
--> Going to recompile NIF for cross-build: bcrypt_elixir -> x86_64-linux
rm -f /priv/bcrypt_nif.so
mkdir -p "/tmp/burrito_build_E1D93FB39C98499D/lib/bcrypt_elixir-3.3.2/priv"
zig cc -target x86_64-linux -O2 -dynamic -shared -Wl,-undefined=dynamic_lookup -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-format-truncation -I"/tmp/unpacked_erts_789F496DB36D057E/otp_x86_64_linux_28.0.2/erts-16.0.2/include" -Ic_src -fPIC -shared c_src/bcrypt_nif.c c_src/blowfish.c -o "/tmp/burrito_build_E1D93FB39C98499D/lib/bcrypt_elixir-3.3.2/priv/bcrypt_nif.so"
--> Successfully re-built bcrypt_elixir for x86_64-linux!
--> Going to recompile NIF for cross-build: exqlite -> x86_64-linux
CC sqlite3_nif.o
CC sqlite3.o
LD sqlite3_nif.so
--> Successfully re-built exqlite for x86_64-linux!
--> Going to recompile NIF for cross-build: vix -> x86_64-linux
Cleaning build artifacts...
g_object/g_value.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
g_object/g_type.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
g_object/g_param_spec.c:2:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
2 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
g_object/g_object.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
g_object/g_boxed.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
vix.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
vips_operation.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
vips_interpolate.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
vips_image.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
vips_foreign.c:1:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
1 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
In file included from vips_boxed.c:2:
./g_object/g_boxed.h:5:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
5 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
In file included from utils.c:1:
./utils.h:5:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
5 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
pipe.c:3:10: fatal error: 'glib-object.h' file not found
3 | #include <glib-object.h>
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
Setting up precompiled libvips...
16:23:13.726 [debug] Fetching https://github.com/akash-akya/sharp-libvips/releases/download/v1.2.0/sharp-libvips-linux-x64.tar.gz
16:23:14.491 [debug] Extracting to /tmp/burrito_build_E1D93FB39C98499D/lib/vix-0.35.0/priv/sharp-libvips-linux-x64.tar.gz
CC pipe.c
CC utils.c
CC vips_boxed.c
CC vips_foreign.c
CC vips_image.c
CC vips_interpolate.c
CC vips_operation.c
CC vix.c
CC g_boxed.c
CC g_object.c
CC g_param_spec.c
CC g_type.c
CC g_value.c
LD vix.so
ld.lld: error: unable to find library -l:libvips.so.42
make[1]: *** [Makefile:158: /tmp/burrito_build_E1D93FB39C98499D/lib/vix-0.35.0/priv/vix.so] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:9: compile] Error 2
--> Failed to rebuild vix for x86_64-linux!
** (exit) 1
(burrito 1.4.0) lib/steps/patch/recompile_nifs.ex:133: Burrito.Steps.Patch.RecompileNIFs.maybe_recompile_nif/8
(elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:987: Enum."-each/2-lists^foreach/1-0-"/2
(burrito 1.4.0) lib/steps/patch/recompile_nifs.ex:23: Burrito.Steps.Patch.RecompileNIFs.execute/1
(burrito 1.4.0) lib/builder/builder.ex:140: anonymous fn/3 in Burrito.Builder.run_phase/2
(elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:2546: Enum."-reduce/3-lists^foldl/2-0-"/3
(elixir 1.18.4) lib/enum.ex:987: Enum."-each/2-lists^foreach/1-0-"/2
(burrito 1.4.0) lib/builder/builder.ex:88: Burrito.Builder.build/1
(mix 1.18.4) lib/mix/tasks/release.ex:1079: Mix.Tasks.Release.run_steps/1
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes time to read and consider this issue!