diff --git a/doc/forum/Warning__58___linker_on_each_command_Android_8.20210429.mdwn b/doc/forum/Warning__58___linker_on_each_command_Android_8.20210429.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c883dba712 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Warning__58___linker_on_each_command_Android_8.20210429.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# Warning: linker on each command in Android 8.20210429 + +Recently (about 2 or 3 weeks ago) each 'git annex ' in Termux for Android throws multiple warnings. The exact warning message is this: +WARNING: linker: Warning: failed to find generated linker configuration from "/linkerconfig/ld.config.txt" + +The amount of warnings depends on the command, e.g. +* `$ git annex --version` --> 2 warnings +* `git annex status` --> 3 warnings +* `$ git annex sync origin` --> 80 warnings + +The issue was already raised in the Termux matrix/discord, as i suspected it might by coming from Termux. They suspect it is a vendor specific problem, although one of them could also reproduce it via `git-annex-install` on a pixel4a. + +The warning stems from the function `get_ld_config_file_path` in linker.cpp as part of the Android source code. I could not find any call to this in git-annex's source code, so it seems like it is called through some dependency. + +As this issue greatly affects the usability of git-annex on Android, i would very much appreciate any work to solve this (if possible, i.e. if the issue is even caused by git-annex). + +## System description +* Samsung Galaxy S20 FE (SM-G780G) with latest Android (12) from Samsung +* Termux installed via F-Droid version 0.118.0 +* git-annex version 8.20210429-g538780eba +* LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec.so