Source not found/seen

[mrx23dot]

solc is not seeing source file.
Compiler should work in every directory (see gcc).

sudo snap install solc
cd /tmp
has source: test.sol
sudo solc test.sol
"test.sol" is not found.
solc --allow-paths /tmp test.sol
"test.sol" is not found.

It finds the file in another directory:

cd /home
solc test.sol
ok

versions

Debian 10
solc Version: 0.5.16+commit.9c3226ce.Linux.g++

[hrkrshnn]

@mrx23dot Does the problem also exist on a new solc version?

[mrx23dot]

Interesting, when I download only the binaries it doesn't seem to be a problem.
Not sure what's up with the 'snap' installation.

It would be also nice if could distribute solc via debian apt-get too, binaries are already done.

[hrkrshnn]

Snap seems to be broken: #11940

I think you should be able to find solc on apt.

[mrx23dot]

apt only works for ubuntu, not debian, even though we have binaries for debian:
https://docs.soliditylang.org/en/v0.8.9/installing-solidity.html

[ekpyron]

If nothing else works you can always fall back to the statically linked binaries hosted in the github release pages, e.g. https://github.com/ethereum/solidity/releases/download/v0.8.11/solc-static-linux

Those should pretty much work anywhere and should not require any dependencies (unless you're running a system with a really ancient glibc).

[ekpyron]

But I'd agree that it would be nice to maintain debian builds. But if we want that, we should really use a proper debian build mechanism. The ubuntu packages may work by chance, but it's generally not the best idea to mix debian and ubuntu packages.

[mrx23dot]

I close this issue since investigation is already ongoin in #11940 for snap.

[cameel]

@mrx23dot An up to date snap should be available through the edge channel (see #11940 (comment)). If you can, please test it and post your feedback in #11940.