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error on debian: "TypeError: Can't instantiate abstract class GnuDynamicLinker with abstract method id"

See original GitHub issue

I use debian:

istributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid
Release:	testing
Codename:	bullseye

with python 3.9 I installed meson with pip3 install meson and when running meson build --reconfig I get:

root@guri:~/libcamera# meson build --reconfig
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py", line 140, in run
    return options.run_func(options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/mesonbuild/msetup.py", line 253, in run
    app.generate()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/mesonbuild/msetup.py", line 154, in generate
    env = environment.Environment(self.source_dir, self.build_dir, self.options)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/mesonbuild/environment.py", line 545, in __init__
    self.coredata = coredata.load(self.get_build_dir())  # type: coredata.CoreData
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/mesonbuild/coredata.py", line 1008, in load
    obj = pickle.load(f)
TypeError: Can't instantiate abstract class GnuDynamicLinker with abstract method id

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keithbowescommented, Mar 10, 2021

Yeah, I just upgraded the distro I use (Mageia) and am getting the same problem in trying to recompile slurp, swayidle, wlroots, among others.

$ meson --reconfigure build
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mesonbuild/mesonmain.py", line 140, in run
    return options.run_func(options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mesonbuild/msetup.py", line 253, in run
    app.generate()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mesonbuild/msetup.py", line 154, in generate
    env = environment.Environment(self.source_dir, self.build_dir, self.options)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mesonbuild/environment.py", line 542, in __init__
    self.coredata = coredata.load(self.get_build_dir())  # type: coredata.CoreData
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/mesonbuild/coredata.py", line 1008, in load
    obj = pickle.load(f)
TypeError: Can't instantiate abstract class GnuDynamicLinker with abstract methods id

Doing a meson --wipe build allows them to be built.

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db0451commented, Mar 13, 2021

Thanks, wiping seems to work indeed. So it seems like some incompatibility between old/new Meson versions, as I hadn’t been building the affected modules for months (via JHBuild).

I don’t have more exact steps to reproduce than ‘try jhbuild build SomeModule’ though, I’m afraid. But perhaps the backtrace and the fact it seems to trigger when trying to regenerate build files from months ago, and fails on pickle.load, might hint at the cause.

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