# LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x18f): undefined reference to `ord::getLogger()'

Subcategory: Linking error

## Conversation

### oharboe
I'm getting this problem again while building OpenROAD locally.  I've tried recloning and deleting the entire ORFS folder, still no luck.

Any ideas?

```
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 22.10
Release:	22.10
Codename:	kinetic

```
```
./build_openroad.sh --local --openroad-args "-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE"
```

```
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FAILED: src/dpl/test/dpl_test src/dpl/test/dpl_test[1]_tests.cmake /home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/tools/OpenROAD/build/src/dpl/test/dpl_test[1]_tests.cmake 
: && /usr/bin/c++ -O3 -DNDEBUG  src/dpl/test/CMakeFiles/dpl_test.dir/dpl_test.cc.o -o src/dpl/test/dpl_test  -lgtest  -lgtest_main  src/dpl/libdpl_lib.a  src/odb/src/cdl/libcdl.a  src/odb/src/defin/libdefin.a  src/odb/src/def/libdef.a  src/odb/src/def/libdefzlib.a  src/odb/src/lefin/liblefin.a  src/odb/src/lef/liblef.a  src/odb/src/lef/liblefzlib.a  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so  src/odb/src/db/libdb.a  src/odb/src/defout/libdefout.a  src/odb/src/lefout/liblefout.a  src/odb/src/zutil/libzutil.a  src/odb/src/db/libdb.a  src/odb/src/defout/libdefout.a  src/odb/src/lefout/liblefout.a  src/odb/src/zutil/libzutil.a  src/odb/src/tm/libtm.a  /home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/tools/OpenROAD/src/sta/app/libOpenSTA.a  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtcl.so  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtclreadline.so  /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so  -ltcl  src/utl/utl.a  src/utl/libutl_lib.a  /home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/dependencies/lib/libspdlog.a && cd /home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/tools/OpenROAD/build/src/dpl/test && /home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/dependencies/bin/cmake -D TEST_TARGET=dpl_test -D TEST_EXECUTABLE=/home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/tools/OpenROAD/build/src/dpl/test/dpl_test -D TEST_EXECUTOR= -D TEST_WORKING_DIR=/home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/tools/OpenROAD/src/dpl/test -D TEST_EXTRA_ARGS= -D TEST_PROPERTIES= -D TEST_PREFIX= -D TEST_SUFFIX= -D TEST_FILTER= -D NO_PRETTY_TYPES=FALSE -D NO_PRETTY_VALUES=FALSE -D TEST_LIST=dpl_test_TESTS -D CTEST_FILE=/home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/tools/OpenROAD/build/src/dpl/test/dpl_test[1]_tests.cmake -D TEST_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT=5 -D TEST_XML_OUTPUT_DIR= -P /home/oyvind/ascenium/blah/dependencies/share/cmake-3.24/Modules/GoogleTestAddTests.cmake
/usr/bin/ld: src/utl/utl.a(LoggerCommon.cpp.o): in function `utl::report(char const*)':
LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x18f): undefined reference to `ord::getLogger()'
/usr/bin/ld: src/utl/utl.a(LoggerCommon.cpp.o): in function `utl::open_metrics(char const*)':
LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x2e9): undefined reference to `ord::getLogger()'
/usr/bin/ld: src/utl/utl.a(LoggerCommon.cpp.o): in function `utl::close_metrics(char const*)':
LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x309): undefined reference to `ord::getLogger()'
/usr/bin/ld: src/utl/utl.a(LoggerCommon.cpp.o): in function `utl::set_metrics_stage(char const*)':
LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x32e): undefined reference to `ord::getLogger()'
/usr/bin/ld: src/utl/utl.a(LoggerCommon.cpp.o): in function `utl::clear_metrics_stage()':
LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x369): undefined reference to `ord::getLogger()'
/usr/bin/ld: src/utl/utl.a(LoggerCommon.cpp.o):LoggerCommon.cpp:(.text+0x38e): more undefined references to `ord::getLogger()' follow
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
[3/39] Automatic MOC and UIC for target gui
ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed.
```


### maliberty
I can't reproduce it but can you try changing https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD/blob/8a49dff86645352d30780951b1146b31ef41b0f4/src/dpl/CMakeLists.txt#L58 to utl_lib and see if that helps.

### maliberty
PR coming.  I'm not sure why it varies - perhaps different compilers?