Cam't build tests with meson in Linux

[JPeterMugaas]

When trying to build the tests with meson, I get a problem with d3d12 not found and the tests do NOT build. I'm sure that this is NOT a linux issue because when I build with cmake in Linux, I am able to build and run the tests. Looking at the meson scripts, I have to wonder why we are looking for "d3d12" because I thought we were supposed to create it but I might be missing something.

I'm using Archlinux with wsl2. Here's the build log from my process.

The Meson build system
Version: 1.1.1
Source dir: /home/jpmugaas/arch/directx-headers-git/src/DirectX-Headers
Build dir: /home/jpmugaas/arch/directx-headers-git/src/build
Build type: native build
Project name: DirectX-Headers
Project version: 1.610.0
C++ compiler for the host machine: c++ (gcc 13.1.1 "c++ (GCC) 13.1.1 20230429")
C++ linker for the host machine: c++ ld.bfd 2.40.0
Host machine cpu family: x86_64
Host machine cpu: x86_64
Library d3d12 found: NO
Library dxcore found: NO
Library gtest found: YES
Library gtest_main found: YES
Build targets in project: 5

DirectX-Headers 1.610.0

  User defined options
    auto_features: enabled
    buildtype    : plain
    libexecdir   : lib
    prefix       : /usr
    sbindir      : bin
    wrap_mode    : nodownload
    b_lto        : false
    b_pie        : true
    build-test   : true

Found ninja-1.11.1 at /usr/sbin/ninja
Core properties:
  Source dir /home/jpmugaas/arch/directx-headers-git/src/DirectX-Headers
  Build dir  /home/jpmugaas/arch/directx-headers-git/src/build

Main project options:

  Core options                   Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  --------------                 -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  auto_features                  enabled                          [enabled, disabled, auto]        Override value of all 'auto' features
  backend                        ninja                            [ninja, vs, vs2010, vs2012,      Backend to use

                                                                   vs2013, vs2015, vs2017, vs2019,

                                                                   vs2022, xcode, none]

  buildtype                      plain                            [plain, debug, debugoptimized,   Build type to use

                                                                   release, minsize, custom]

  cmake_prefix_path              []                               []                               List of additional prefixes for cmake to search
  debug                          false                            [true, false]                    Enable debug symbols and other information
  default_library                shared                           [shared, static, both]           Default library type

  force_fallback_for             []                               []                               Force fallback for those subprojects
  install_umask                  0022                             [preserve, 0000-0777]            Default umask to apply on permissions of installed files
  layout                         mirror                           [mirror, flat]                   Build directory layout
  optimization                   plain                            [plain, 0, g, 1, 2, 3, s]        Optimization level

  pkg_config_path                []                               []                               List of additional paths for pkg-config to search
  prefer_static                  false                            [true, false]                    Whether to try static linking before shared linking
  strip                          false                            [true, false]                    Strip targets on install
  unity                          off                              [on, off, subprojects]           Unity build

  unity_size                     4                                >=2                              Unity block size

  vsenv                          false                            [true, false]                    Activate Visual Studio environment
  warning_level                  1                                [0, 1, 2, 3, everything]         Compiler warning level to use
  werror                         false                            [true, false]                    Treat warnings as errors
  wrap_mode                      nodownload                       [default, nofallback,            Wrap mode

                                                                   nodownload, forcefallback,

                                                                   nopromote]


  Backend options                Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  -----------------              -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  backend_max_links              0                                >=0                              Maximum number of linker processes to run or 0 for no limit

  Base options                   Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  --------------                 -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  b_asneeded                     true                             [true, false]                    Use -Wl,--as-needed when linking
  b_colorout                     always                           [auto, always, never]            Use colored output

  b_coverage                     false                            [true, false]                    Enable coverage tracking.
  b_lto                          false                            [true, false]                    Use link time optimization
  b_lto_threads                  0                                                                 Use multiple threads for Link Time Optimization
  b_lundef                       true                             [true, false]                    Use -Wl,--no-undefined when linking
  b_ndebug                       false                            [true, false, if-release]        Disable asserts

  b_pch                          true                             [true, false]                    Use precompiled headers
  b_pgo                          off                              [off, generate, use]             Use profile guided optimization
  b_pie                          true                             [true, false]                    Build executables as position independent
  b_sanitize                     none                             [none, address, thread,          Code sanitizer to use

                                                                   undefined, memory, leak,

                                                                   address,undefined]

  b_staticpic                    true                             [true, false]                    Build static libraries as position independent

  Compiler options               Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  ------------------             -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  cpp_args                       [-march=x86-64, -mtune=generic,  []                               Extra arguments passed to the cpp compiler
                                  -O2, -pipe, -fno-plt,

                                  -fexceptions,

                                  -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2,

                                  -Wformat, -Werror=format-

                                  security, -fstack-clash-

                                  protection, -fcf-protection,

                                  -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS]

  cpp_debugstl                   false                            [true, false]                    STL debug mode

  cpp_eh                         default                          [none, default, a, s, sc]        C++ exception handling type.
  cpp_link_args                  [-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-     []                               Extra arguments passed to the cpp linker
                                  needed,-z,relro,-z,now,

                                  -march=x86-64, -mtune=generic,

                                  -O2, -pipe, -fno-plt,

                                  -fexceptions,

                                  -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2,

                                  -Wformat, -Werror=format-

                                  security, -fstack-clash-

                                  protection, -fcf-protection,

                                  -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS]

  cpp_rtti                       true                             [true, false]                    Enable RTTI

  cpp_std                        c++14                            [none, c++98, c++03, c++11,      C++ language standard to use
                                                                   c++14, c++17, c++1z, c++2a,

                                                                   c++20, gnu++03, gnu++11,

                                                                   gnu++14, gnu++17, gnu++1z,

                                                                   gnu++2a, gnu++20, c++23,

                                                                   gnu++23]


  pkgconfig module options       Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  --------------------------     -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  pkgconfig.relocatable          false                            [true, false]                    Generate pkgconfig files as relocatable

  Directories                    Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  -------------                  -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  bindir                         bin                                                               Executable directory

  datadir                        share                                                             Data file directory

  includedir                     include                                                           Header file directory

  infodir                        share/info                                                        Info page directory

  libdir                         lib                                                               Library directory

  libexecdir                     lib                                                               Library executable directory
  licensedir                                                                                       Licenses directory

  localedir                      share/locale                                                      Locale data directory

  localstatedir                  /var                                                              Localstate data directory
  mandir                         share/man                                                         Manual page directory

  prefix                         /usr                                                              Installation prefix

  sbindir                        bin                                                               System executable directory
  sharedstatedir                 /var/lib                                                          Architecture-independent data directory
  sysconfdir                     /etc                                                              Sysconf data directory

  Testing options                Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  -----------------              -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  errorlogs                      true                             [true, false]                    Whether to print the logs from failing tests
  stdsplit                       true                             [true, false]                    Split stdout and stderr in test logs

  Project options                Current Value                    Possible Values                  Description

  -----------------              -------------                    ---------------                  -----------

  build-test                     true                             [true, false]                    Build the test

==> Starting check()...
[1/11] Compiling C++ object libDirectX-Guids.a.p/src_dxguids.cpp.o
[2/11] Linking static target libDirectX-Guids.a
[3/11] Compiling C++ object libd3dx12-format-properties.a.p/src_d3dx12_property_format_table.cpp.o
[4/11] Linking static target libd3dx12-format-properties.a
[5/11] Compiling C++ object test/DirectX-Headers-Test.p/test.cpp.o
[6/11] Linking target test/DirectX-Headers-Test
FAILED: test/DirectX-Headers-Test
c++  -o test/DirectX-Headers-Test test/DirectX-Headers-Test.p/test.cpp.o -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined -pie -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wl,--start-group libd3dx12-format-properties.a libDirectX-Guids.a -Wl,--end-group
/usr/sbin/ld: test/DirectX-Headers-Test.p/test.cpp.o: in function `main':
test.cpp:(.text.startup+0x41): undefined reference to `DXCoreCreateAdapterFactory'
/usr/sbin/ld: test.cpp:(.text.startup+0xae): undefined reference to `D3D12CreateDevice'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
[7/11] Compiling C++ object test/DirectX-Headers-Check-Feature-Support-Test.p/feature_check_test.cpp.o
[8/11] Compiling C++ object googletest/Feature-Support-Test.p/feature_support_test.cpp.o
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.

[jenatali]

#110 will at least fix the build failures by causing the tests to be skipped. I forgot that this isn't the default behavior for a not-found library.

In WSL, these libraries are made available in /usr/lib/wsl/lib, which is added to LD_LIBRARY_PATH automatically (unless disabled), which allows the runtime linker to find them out-of-the-box, but the static linker can't find them without additional configuration. You can add that path to the LIBRARY_PATH environment variable (according to the comment at the top of this docs page) to get meson to actually find those libraries.

[JPeterMugaas]

I tried #110 but that did not work when doing something like "ninja test".

==> Starting check()...
[6/11] Linking target test/DirectX-Headers-Test
FAILED: test/DirectX-Headers-Test
c++  -o test/DirectX-Headers-Test test/DirectX-Headers-Test.p/test.cpp.o -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-undefined -pie -Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro,-z,now -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt -fexceptions -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -Wl,--start-group libd3dx12-format-properties.a libDirectX-Guids.a -Wl,--end-group
/usr/sbin/ld: test/DirectX-Headers-Test.p/test.cpp.o: in function `main':
test.cpp:(.text.startup+0x41): undefined reference to `DXCoreCreateAdapterFactory'
/usr/sbin/ld: test.cpp:(.text.startup+0xae): undefined reference to `D3D12CreateDevice'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

My impression is that it's not able to locate the static libraries, libd3dx12-format-properties.a and libDirectX-Guids.a.