Linking fails with "cannot open text-segment: No such file or directory"

[jpalus]

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Linking box64 fails with mold:

mold: fatal: cannot open text-segment: No such file or directory

Among linker flags I see -Wl,-Ttext-segment,0x64800000 which is likely related.

[rui314]

mold doesn't currently support -Ttext-segment. We may want to support it, but besides that, the following patch may work as a workaround for you.

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3467aea9..39609170 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -598,20 +598,12 @@ endif()

 if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.13")
     if(NOT NOLOADADDR)
-        if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-            set_target_properties(${BOX64} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--image-base=${BOX64_ELF_ADDRESS}")
-        else()
-            set_target_properties(${BOX64} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-Ttext-segment,${BOX64_ELF_ADDRESS}")
-        endif()
+        set_target_properties(${BOX64} PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--image-base=${BOX64_ELF_ADDRESS}")
     endif()
 else()
     # If symbols are missing, try this: target_link_options(${BOX64} PUBLIC -rdynamic)
     if(NOT NOLOADADDR)
-        if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-            target_link_options(${BOX64} PUBLIC LINKER:--image-base=${BOX64_ELF_ADDRESS})
-        else()
-            target_link_options(${BOX64} PUBLIC LINKER:-Ttext-segment,${BOX64_ELF_ADDRESS})
-        endif()
+        target_link_options(${BOX64} PUBLIC LINKER:--image-base=${BOX64_ELF_ADDRESS})
     endif()
 endif()

[fwsGonzo]

Thanks for letting me know about --image-base= it solved my problem wonderfully.