Build failure invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()

[nomeata]

I am trying to build svgcairo and I am running into this problem. This is on NixOS; I do not know yet if this is related to the issue:

$ LANG=C nix-shell -p ghc pkg-config  glib librsvg gtk3 --command "cabal install --env . --lib svgcairo --allow-newer Cabal"
Resolving dependencies...
Build profile: -w ghc-8.10.4 -O1
In order, the following will be built (use -v for more details):
 - svgcairo-0.13.2.1 (lib:svgcairo) (requires build)
Starting     svgcairo-0.13.2.1 (all, legacy fallback)
Building     svgcairo-0.13.2.1 (all, legacy fallback)

Failed to build svgcairo-0.13.2.1.
Build log (
/home/jojo/.cabal/logs/ghc-8.10.4/svgcairo-0.13.2.1-68a39d4f88dbd083ae6472f582970f652d6e266186a715acb905297992100bbb.log
):
[1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( /run/user/1000/cabal-install.-659504/dist-newstyle/tmp/src-659504/svgcairo-0.13.2.1/dist/setup/setup.hs, /run/user/1000/cabal-install.-659504/dist-newstyle/tmp/src-659504/svgcairo-0.13.2.1/dist/setup/Main.o )
Linking /run/user/1000/cabal-install.-659504/dist-newstyle/tmp/src-659504/svgcairo-0.13.2.1/dist/setup/setup ...
Warning: svgcairo.cabal:9:24: Packages with 'cabal-version: 1.12' or later
should specify a specific version of the Cabal spec of the form
'cabal-version: x.y'. Use 'cabal-version: 1.24'.
Configuring svgcairo-0.13.2.1...
Preprocessing library for svgcairo-0.13.2.1..
Building library for svgcairo-0.13.2.1..
[1 of 1] Compiling Graphics.Rendering.Cairo.SVG ( dist/build/Graphics/Rendering/Cairo/SVG.hs, dist/build/Graphics/Rendering/Cairo/SVG.o, dist/build/Graphics/Rendering/Cairo/SVG.dyn_o )
In file included from /nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/stdio.h:866,
                 from /nix/store/dlb3m1wyccb157yzfzjx9vpv6cgw212x-ghc-8.10.4/lib/ghc-8.10.4/include/rts/Flags.h:16,
                 from /nix/store/dlb3m1wyccb157yzfzjx9vpv6cgw212x-ghc-8.10.4/lib/ghc-8.10.4/include/rts/storage/GC.h:243,
                 from /nix/store/dlb3m1wyccb157yzfzjx9vpv6cgw212x-ghc-8.10.4/lib/ghc-8.10.4/include/Rts.h:210,

                 from /run/user/1000/ghc659813_0/ghc_3.c:2:0: error:

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'sprintf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:38:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
       38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       39 |       __bos (__s), __fmt, __va_arg_pack ());
          |       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |
38 |   return __builtin___sprintf_chk (__s, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
   |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'snprintf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:70:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
       70 |   return __builtin___snprintf_chk (__s, __n, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       71 |        __bos (__s), __fmt, __va_arg_pack ());
          |        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   |
70 |   return __builtin___snprintf_chk (__s, __n, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1,
   |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'fprintf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:103:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
      103 |   return __fprintf_chk (__stream, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      104 |    __va_arg_pack ());
          |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |
103 |   return __fprintf_chk (__stream, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
    |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'printf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:110:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
      110 |   return __printf_chk (__USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt, __va_arg_pack ());
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |
110 |   return __printf_chk (__USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt, __va_arg_pack ());
    |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'dprintf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:147:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
      147 |   return __dprintf_chk (__fd, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      148 |    __va_arg_pack ());
          |    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |
147 |   return __dprintf_chk (__fd, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
    |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'asprintf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:184:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
      184 |   return __asprintf_chk (__ptr, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      185 |     __va_arg_pack ());
          |     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |
184 |   return __asprintf_chk (__ptr, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
    |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function '__asprintf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:192:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
      192 |   return __asprintf_chk (__ptr, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      193 |     __va_arg_pack ());
          |     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |
192 |   return __asprintf_chk (__ptr, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
    |          ^
/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h: In function 'obstack_printf':

/nix/store/q141hd8jl7in5223jmf7kmx9h517km4p-glibc-2.32-54-dev/include/bits/stdio2.h:200:10: error:
     error: invalid use of '__builtin_va_arg_pack ()'
      200 |   return __obstack_printf_chk (__obstack, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
          |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      201 |           __va_arg_pack ());
          |           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    |
200 |   return __obstack_printf_chk (__obstack, __USE_FORTIFY_LEVEL - 1, __fmt,
    |          ^
`cc' failed in phase `C Compiler'. (Exit code: 1)
cabal: Failed to build svgcairo-0.13.2.1. See the build log above for details.

[nomeata]

Ok, seems to be related to glibc, according to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/19095, although that was fixed a while in the past

[nomeata]

More digging reveals it’s related to nix’s hardening features. By building in an environment with hardening disabled, i.e.

$ cat shell.nix 
with import <nixpkgs> {};
stdenv.mkDerivation {
  name = "env";
  nativeBuildInputs = [
    bashInteractive
  ];
  buildInputs = [
    glibc
    ghc
    pkg-config
    glib
    librsvg
    gtk3
  ];
  hardeningDisable = ["all"];
}

(based on https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/101979#issuecomment-876057292) I can build.

[andreabedini]

I run into this also on Ubuntu 20.04.3

[andreabedini]

Fixing cpp-options solves it for me (as in https://github.com/gtk2hs/svgcairo/pull/12)