Libraries vendoring other libraries are unusable
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enhancement
vendoring
- Dominant language
- OCaml
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Description
Expected Behavior
Vendored libraries should be linked in, and probably name mangled
Actual Behavior
Vendored libraries are not installed nor linked, as a result one cannot build a binary using the library
Specifications
- Version of
dune2.2 - Version of
ocaml4.07.1 - Operating system (distribution and version): Ubuntu LTS 18
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the issue discussion and the parts of Dune handling vendored-library installation, linking, and name mangling. Confirm the expected behavior for a library that vendors another library, then verify that a binary depending on it can build successfully with the vendored library linked in.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100