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Ristretto Jemalloc linking error when running ./tesh.sh #2226
Description
Describe the bug
Building projects that depend on dgraph-io/ristretto/v2 (such as dgraph-io/badger/v4 in this case) fails on a standard Ubuntu installation due to a CGO linking error with the jemalloc library, even when libjemalloc-dev is installed.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
sudo apt install libjemalloc-dev- git clone https://github.com/hypermodeinc/badger.git
cd badger./tesh.sh- See error
Expected behavior
The Ristretto library should compile successfully with the standard go build command when libjemalloc-dev is installed. The CGO configuration should automatically include the required linker flags to resolve the C function symbols.
Screenshots
$ ./test.sh
go version go1.25.0 linux/amd64
./test.sh: line 8: [: =: unary operator expected
/tmp/badger/badger /tmp/badger
github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2/z
# github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/v2/z
/home/foobar/go/pkg/mod/github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/[email protected]/z/calloc_jemalloc.go:74:9: could not determine what C.je_calloc refers to
/home/foobar/go/pkg/mod/github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/[email protected]/z/calloc_jemalloc.go:104:3: could not determine what C.je_free refers to
/home/foobar/go/pkg/mod/github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/[email protected]/z/calloc_jemalloc.go:144:2: could not determine what C.je_mallctl refers to
/home/foobar/go/pkg/mod/github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto/[email protected]/z/calloc_jemalloc.go:171:2: could not determine what C.je_malloc_stats_print refers to
Environment
- OS: Ubuntu 25.04
- Language: go version go1.25.0 linux/amd64
Additional context
None.
Activity
linear commentedon Sep 28, 2025
BGR-18 Ristretto Jemalloc Linking when running ./tesh.sh
[-]Ristretto Jemalloc Linking when running ./tesh.sh[/-][+]Ristretto Jemalloc linking error when running ./tesh.sh[/+]Amr-Shams commentedon Oct 25, 2025
I have faced the same issue, but for now to skip this part I have changed the script tags from
jemalloctobadger_nojemalloc, I believe this issue is a linking error not app errorAmr-Shams commentedon Oct 25, 2025
Well, it works now i have installed the jemalloc from the repo
and now i can cd to badger to try it out but you have to export some vars
github-actions commentedon Jun 21, 2026
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