samba - Jun 2026 - cross compile heimdal linking libbsd issue

Hey list,

I am trying to cross compile samba on x86_64 to aarch64 on a Debian'ized
system using ptxdist rules. ./configure runs okay but it seems linking
compile_et
fails:

/build-target/samba-4.23.6/bin/compile_et: error while loading shared libraries:
libbsd.so.0:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

If I install libbsd0:arm64 on the host, the entire samba build finishes
correctly. 

Are there special building/linking exceptions to heimdal, or have I configured
something wrong, or maybe ptxdist cflags and ldflags are not propagated
correctly to thirdparty projects?

-- 
/Martin

On Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:54:47 +0200
Martin Kj?r J?rgensen via samba <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
> Hey list,
> 
> I am trying to cross compile samba on x86_64 to aarch64 on a
> Debian'ized system using ptxdist rules. ./configure runs okay but it
> seems linking compile_et fails:
> 
> /build-target/samba-4.23.6/bin/compile_et: error while loading shared
> libraries: libbsd.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file
> or directory
> 
> If I install libbsd0:arm64 on the host, the entire samba build
> finishes correctly. 
> 
> Are there special building/linking exceptions to heimdal, or have I
> configured something wrong, or maybe ptxdist cflags and ldflags are
> not propagated correctly to thirdparty projects?
> 
As far as I can see PTXdist is a tool to build packages for embedded
systems, which are usually fairly small, so do you actually want/need
the AD DC parts of Samba ?
If you are using waf to build Samba, you can turn off the AD DC
functionality with the '--without-ad-dc' option to ./configure

Rowland

On 14.06.2026 16:54, Martin Kj?r J?rgensen via samba
wrote:
> Hey list,
> 
> I am trying to cross compile samba on x86_64 to aarch64 on a
Debian'ized
> system using ptxdist rules. ./configure runs okay but it seems linking
compile_et
Not an answer to your question directly but do you know that samba
package for debian can be easily cross-compiled using multiarch and
qemu-user?  In particular, I provide builds of debian samba packages
for x86_64 *and* for arm64 architectures on my site this way
(http://www.corpit.ru/mjt/packages/samba/).
> fails:
> 
> /build-target/samba-4.23.6/bin/compile_et: error while loading shared
libraries: libbsd.so.0:
> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> 
> If I install libbsd0:arm64 on the host, the entire samba build finishes
> correctly.
The Build-Depends filed of the debian samba package includes libbsd-dev,
which, in turn, depends on libbsd0.  This is the host architecture, i.e.
the architecture you're building for.  So your build system should have
libbsd0:arm64 installed.

Thanks,

/mjt