[libvirt] Mac OS X: dyld: lazy symbol binding failed

[Mitchell Hashimoto]

Hi,

This is a cross-post from libvirt-users since there didn't seem to be
anyone there familiar with what is going on and this is a dev issue as
well.

I'm using the Ruby/FFI libvirt library and getting this consistently
on Mac OS X:

ruby-1.9.2-p0 > FFI::Libvirt.virInitialize
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _virThreadInitialize
 Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libvirt.dylib
 Expected in: flat namespace

dyld: Symbol not found: _virThreadInitialize
 Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/libvirt.dylib
 Expected in: flat namespace

Trace/BPT trap

I exported DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES and it shows that libvirt.dylib is
loaded in the process space, but the above still occurs. When I
statically link into a C program it works fine, however. Anyone have
any idea what could be causing this?

See this archive if you'd like to catch up on what was said in
libvirt-users (its not a long thread):
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvirt-users/2010-October/msg00050.html

Thanks,
Mitchell