pythongssapi / pythongssapi/python-gssapi
cannot build on NixOS due to undefined C functions in `ext_s4u`
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Description
On NixOS installing gssapi fails with some GCC errors "implicit declaration of function ‘gss_acquire_cred_impersonate_name’" and "implicit declaration of function ‘gss_add_cred_impersonate_name’" when compiling ext_s4u.c:
gcc -fno-strict-overflow -Wsign-compare -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -fPIC -DPy_LIMITED_API=51052544 -Igssapi/raw -I/home/lp/.cache/pypoetry/virtualenvs/dipex-GkntI14x-py3.13/include -I/nix/store/qwb5ygz9k8gs5ql9bpxbrsrv12r1icgm-python3-3.13.12/include/python3.13 -c gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-313/gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.o -I/nix/store/9jsgjswa0jmgbwk3l8ha2dy45yr4dz62-krb5-1.22.1-dev/include
gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.c: In function ‘__pyx_pf_6gssapi_3raw_7ext_s4u_acquire_cred_impersonate_name’:
gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.c:3282:28: error: implicit declaration of function ‘gss_acquire_cred_impersonate_name’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
3282 | __pyx_v_maj_stat = gss_acquire_cred_impersonate_name((&__pyx_v_min_stat), __pyx_v_impersonator_cred->raw_creds, __pyx_v_name->raw_name, __pyx_v_input_ttl, __pyx_v_desired_mechs, __pyx_v_c_usage, (&__pyx_v_creds), (&__pyx_v_actual_mechs), (&__pyx_v_actual_ttl));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.c: In function ‘__pyx_pf_6gssapi_3raw_7ext_s4u_2add_cred_impersonate_name’:
gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.c:3945:28: error: implicit declaration of function ‘gss_add_cred_impersonate_name’ [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
3945 | __pyx_v_maj_stat = gss_add_cred_impersonate_name((&__pyx_v_min_stat), __pyx_v_raw_input_cred, __pyx_v_impersonator_cred->raw_creds, __pyx_v_name->raw_name, (&__pyx_v_mech->raw_oid), __pyx_v_c_usage, __pyx_v_input_initiator_ttl, __pyx_v_input_acceptor_ttl, (&__pyx_v_creds), (&__pyx_v_actual_mechs), (&__pyx_v_actual_initiator_ttl), (&__pyx_v_actual_acceptor_ttl));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
error: command '/run/current-system/sw/bin/gcc' failed with exit code 1
I have installed the gcc, krb5 and krb5.dev nix packages which should have all the necessary dependencies to build gssapi.
Steps to reproduce
- Run NixOS 25.11
- Add
gcc,krb5andkrb5.devto your system packages - Enable dynamically linked libraries (needed to run Python):
programs.nix-ld.enable = true; - Rebuild
- Create and enter a virtual environment
- Run
pip install gssapi
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the NixOS installation failure with the listed gcc, krb5, and krb5.dev packages, then inspect gssapi/raw/ext_s4u.c and the build inputs used by pip install gssapi. Confirm the change by rebuilding the extension successfully on the stated NixOS setup without the undefined-function errors.
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- Tech stack
- c, nixos, python
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- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
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