microsoft / microsoft/mimalloc
final step of build (`mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic`) fails on Amazon Linux 2
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Description
# Bug description
* final step of build (`mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic`) fails on Amazon Linux 2
## Steps to reproduce:
* clone on Amazon Linux 2 instance, try to build as usual (`mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make`).
## Other information
```
$ uname -a
Linux xxx.us-east-1.amazon.com xxx.xxx #1 SMP Sat Sep 20 21:53:55 UTC 2025 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
```
## Error message (truncated):
```
[ 95%] Built target mimalloc-test-stress
[ 97%] Building C object CMakeFiles/mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic.dir/test/test-stress.c.o
[100%] Linking C executable mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic
CMakeFiles/mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic.dir/test/test-stress.c.o: In function `main':
test-stress.c:(.text.startup+0x106): undefined reference to `pthread_create'
test-stress.c:(.text.startup+0x12c): undefined reference to `pthread_join'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
```
## Fix status
PR incoming.
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Research direction
Reproduce the failure on Amazon Linux 2 with `mkdir build && cd build && cmake .. && make`. Inspect the CMake configuration for `mimalloc-test-stress-dynamic` and the referenced `test/test-stress.c`; done means the final target links successfully and the complete build finishes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, cmake
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100