Re: node24 compile issue

Shawn Webb <[email protected]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:53:02 +0000

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 12:42:59PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> a build of node24 in poudriere on -current gives me:
> ---snip---
> ld-elf.so.1: /usr/local/lib/libhdr_histogram.so.6: Undefined symbol
> "betoh32"
> gmake[1]: *** [libnode.target.mk:13: /wrkdirs/usr/ports/www/node24/work/node-v24.14.1/out/Release/obj/gen/node_javascript.cc]
> Error 1
> ---snip---
> 
> I have this since a while.
> 
> I have deleted the the hdr_histogram package from the poudriere pkg
> directory to have it rebuild, in case there was an issue there. Same result.
> 
> Any ideas?

The issue stems from the addition of graphics/hdr_histogram as a
dependency for node24 and node25. hdr_histogram has quite a few
issues, including unaddressed security issues. I glanced at the code
and came out more confused than before.

https://github.com/HdrHistogram/HdrHistogram_c/issues

Yesterday, I filed a bug report for HardenedBSD users. I've just noted
that FreeBSD is impacted, too:
https://github.com/HdrHistogram/HdrHistogram_c/issues/131

Thanks,

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