Subject: [PATCH v2 3/4] Linux: link against libdl

From: "brian m. carlson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2026 22:44:33 +0000

Older versions of Rust on Linux, such as that used in Debian 11 in our
CI, require linking against libdl.  Were we linking with Cargo, this
would be included automatically, but since we're not, explicitly set it
in the system-specific config.

This library is part of libc, so linking against it if it happens to be
unnecessary will add no dependencies to the resulting binary.  In
addition, it is provided by both glibc and musl, so it should be
portable to almost all Linux systems.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <[email-masked]>
---
 config.mak.uname | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index ccb3f71881..7aab56c590 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Linux)
 	PROCFS_EXECUTABLE_PATH = /proc/self/exe
 	HAVE_PLATFORM_PROCINFO = YesPlease
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/linux/procinfo.o
+	EXTLIBS += -ldl
 	# centos7/rhel7 provides gcc 4.8.5 and zlib 1.2.7.
         ifneq ($(findstring .el7.,$(uname_R)),)
 		BASIC_CFLAGS += -std=c99