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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Linking error for libplatform as of 24.11.1","articleBody":"## Context:\n\nI am the upstream author of the libv8 bindings for the R language.\n\nFor many years Fedora and Debian build libnode as a shared library, such that we can use the embedded libv8 engine in our language bindings. For this to work we need to link both to `-lv8 -lv8_libplatform`. Below is a minimal example.\n\nSomething seems to have broken, I think between 24.11.0 and 24.11.1. I can reproduce the problem both on Debian and Fedora with the nodejs 24.11.1 package.\n\n### Version\n\nv24.11.1\n\n### Platform\n\n```text\nLinux\n```\n\n### What steps will reproduce the bug?\n\nCompile the minimal hello world:\n\n```cc\n#include \u003clibplatform/libplatform.h>\n#include \u003cv8.h>\nusing namespace v8;\n\nint main(){\n  std::unique_ptr\u003cPlatform> platform = platform::NewDefaultPlatform();\n  V8::InitializePlatform(platform.get());\n  V8::Initialize();\n}\n```\n\nCompile with:\n\n```sh\ng++ -std=gnu++20 test.cpp -I/usr/include/v8 -lv8 -lv8_libplatform\n```\n\nThis gives error:\n\n```\ntest.cpp:(.text+0x39): undefined reference to `v8::platform::NewDefaultPlatform(int, v8::platform::IdleTaskSupport, v8::platform::InProcessStackDumping, std::unique_ptr\u003cv8::TracingController, std::default_delete\u003cv8::TracingController> >, v8::platform::PriorityMode)'\ncollect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status\n```\n\nIt was working until 24.11.0\n\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jeroen","@type":"Person","name":"jeroen"},"datePublished":"2025-12-17T22:47:56Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/61102"}