Linux gcc@8 gcc@9 error cannot find -lc

[andreish]

Additional Info

• I am using Windows Subsystem for Linux

Output of brew config

[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# brew config 
HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.1.12
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: aa2a77b1f1ac1539e69e186bad1d569100448987
Last commit: 8 days ago
Core tap JSON: 24 Sep 16:17 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 16
Homebrew Ruby: 2.6.10 => /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/2.6.10_1/bin/ruby
CPU: 16-core 64-bit zen3
Clang: N/A
Git: 2.39.3 => /bin/git
Curl: 7.76.1 => /bin/curl
Kernel: Linux 6.4.15-200.fc38.x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
OS: Rocky Linux release 9.2 (Blue Onyx)
Host glibc: 2.34
/usr/bin/gcc: 11.3.1
/usr/bin/ruby: N/A
glibc: 2.35_1
gcc@11: N/A
gcc: 13.2.0
xorg: N/A

Output of brew doctor

[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# brew doctor
Please note that these warnings are just used to help the Homebrew maintainers
with debugging if you file an issue. If everything you use Homebrew for is
working fine: please don't worry or file an issue; just ignore this. Thanks!

Warning: Some installed formulae are deprecated or disabled.
You should find replacements for the following formulae:
  gcc@8

Warning: Formulae which link to GCC through a versioned path were found. These formulae
are prone to breaking when GCC is updated. You should `brew reinstall` these formulae:
  gcc@8
  gcc@9

Description of issue

freshly install in a docker image .

tried to compile simple main.c with gcc-8 and gcc-9 : fail ( success with gcc-10)

used both binutils ld and system ld with similar behaviour.

[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# cat test.c 
#include <stdio.h>


int main(){
    printf("test\n");
[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# gcc-9 -o test ./test.c 
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/binutils/bin/ld: cannot find -lc: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# gcc-8 -o test ./test.c 
/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/binutils/bin/ld: cannot find -lc: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Expecting gcc-8 and gcc-9 to work as gcc-10

[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# gcc-10 -o test ./test.c  
[root@1c6fa6210d3e qa]# ./test 
test

steps for install:

NONINTERACTIVE=1 /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

brew install gcc@8
brew install gcc@9
brew install gcc@10

export PATH=/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/binutils/bin:$PATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin

[ZhongRuoyu]

The post_install method for gcc@8 was updated in Homebrew/homebrew-core@30c8466 (which I believe should fix this issue), but without the bottles being published (bottles last updated in Homebrew/homebrew-core@34199a7). Now with API installs, the outdated post_install method from the bottle was used.

Same for gcc@9 (post_install updated in Homebrew/homebrew-core@fd6177b, bottles updated in Homebrew/homebrew-core@fba5ca9).

gcc@10 worked because it was updated recently (Homebrew/homebrew-core#136039).

As a workaround, please try:

export HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_FROM_API=1
brew postinstall gcc@8
brew postinstall gcc@9

[andreish]

It worked with your suggestion . Thank you.