Unable to install erlang 21.3.8.17 with asdf

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I’ve been having issues installing older erlang versions recently and I’m not sure if I’ve broken something in my development environment. I’m trying to install erlang 21.3 with:
asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17
But it is failing with:

Build failed.
make[4]: *** [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Makefile:665: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/erl_call] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:30: opt] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src'
make[2]: *** [/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: opt] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface'
make[1]: *** [/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/make/otp_subdir.mk:29: opt] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib'
make: *** [Makefile:490: libs] Error 2

Looking at the build log it looks like the issue is that ld is failing:

/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(eirecv.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(send.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(send_reg.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(epmd_port.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_portio.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks'; /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/libei.a(ei_connect.o):/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src/misc/ei_portio.h:50: first defined here
 RANLIB	/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/obj/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/liberl_interface.a
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[4]: *** [x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Makefile:665: /home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/bin/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/erl_call] Error 1
make[4]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/jason/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_src_21.3.8.17/lib/erl_interface/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:30: opt] Error 2

Are other people getting similar errors? Does this point to an issue with my environment somehow?

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This seems relevant: Erlang -- Erl_interface Release Notes

Fix link error “multiple definition of `ei_default_socket_callbacks’” for gcc version 10 or when built with gcc option -fno-common. Error exists since OTP-21.3.

Own Id: OTP-16412 Aux Id: PR-2503

Although I don’t know what version of erlang that is in. Did that change not make it to the 21.3.8.17 that I’m trying to install?

Edit:
Okay it looks like the bug was fixed in ei_portio.h: avoid ODR violation of 'ei_default_socket_callbacks' by trofi · Pull Request #2503 · erlang/otp · GitHub (although I can’t find a link for OTP-16412 anywhere). However it looks like that fix was only included in 22.3 which means that I may be unable to build any erlang versions earlier than 22.3 (which is what I seem to have been encountering). Am I getting that right? If so, what would be the best way to suggest backporting that fix to earlier versions of Erlang?

Edit 2: I raised an issue at asdf-erlang (although I’m not sure if that’s the best place) Unable to install erlang versions earlier than 22.3 · Issue #159 · asdf-vm/asdf-erlang · GitHub

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Did you try installing any other otp version? I’m trying to install the otp 22.x but I’m not able to. I have already installed otp 23 using asdf but not able to install otp 22 along with that.

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I tried the same command asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17

with some relevent envs from https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-erlang/issues/116

export KERL_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="--without-javac --with-ssl=$(brew --prefix openssl)"
export CFLAGS="-O2 -g -fno-stack-check"

Output

asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17
asdf_21.3.8.17 is not a kerl-managed Erlang/OTP installation
No build named asdf_21.3.8.17
Downloading OTP-21.3.8.17.tar.gz to /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/archives
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100   125  100   125    0     0    132      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--   132
100 51.5M    0 51.5M    0     0   332k      0 --:--:--  0:02:38 --:--:-- 1049k
Extracting source code
Building Erlang/OTP 21.3.8.17 (asdf_21.3.8.17), please wait...
/Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl: line 661: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/xcodebuild: No such file or directory

APPLICATIONS DISABLED (See: /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_build_21.3.8.17.log)
 * jinterface     : Java compiler disabled by user

DOCUMENTATION INFORMATION (See: /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds/asdf_21.3.8.17/otp_build_21.3.8.17.log)
 * documentation  : 
 *                  fop is missing.
 *                  Using fakefop to generate placeholder PDF files.

Erlang/OTP 21.3.8.17 (asdf_21.3.8.17) has been successfully built
Installing Erlang/OTP 21.3.8.17 (asdf_21.3.8.17) in /Users/jawakar/.asdf/installs/erlang/21.3.8.17...
        You can activate this installation running the following command:
. /Users/jawakar/.asdf/installs/erlang/21.3.8.17/activate
Later on, you can leave the installation typing:
kerl_deactivate
Cleaning up compilation products for 
Cleaned up compilation products for  under /Users/jawakar/.asdf/plugins/erlang/kerl-home/builds

Erlang 21.3.8.17 has been installed. Activate globally with:

    asdf global erlang 21.3.8.17

Activate locally in the current folder with:

    asdf local erlang 21.3.8.17

Let me know how I can help.

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I haven’t had any trouble installing erlang 22.3 and higher.

I still get the same error with those flags. Are you using GCC 10.x?

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Okay, for me on Arch Linux after installing the gcc-9 package this command worked:

env CC=gcc-9 asdf install erlang 21.3.8.17

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I updated the asdf-erlang wiki to include this instruction. I also needed this