Error compiling on ROS kinetic. Cannot find -l-lpththread

[lavancig]

Getting the following compilation error on ros-kinetic:

Compiling generated code for qt_gui_cpp_sip Python bindings...
make[3]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1. Add '+' to parent make rule.
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -l-lpthread
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [Makefile:38: "/home/pi/ros_catkin_ws/devel_isolated/qt_gui_cpp/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qt_gui_cpp/libqt_gui_cpp_sip".so] Error 1
make[2]: *** [src/qt_gui_cpp_sip/CMakeFiles/libqt_gui_cpp_sip.dir/build.make:61: /home/pi/ros_catkin_ws/devel_isolated/qt_gui_cpp/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/qt_gui_cpp/libqt_gui_cpp_sip.so] Error 2
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:380: src/qt_gui_cpp_sip/CMakeFiles/libqt_gui_cpp_sip.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:141: all] Error 2
<== Failed to process package 'qt_gui_cpp':
Command '['/home/pi/ros_catkin_ws/install_isolated/env.sh', 'make', '-j4', '-l4']' returned non-zero exit status 2

I believe it is a simple typo. By changing the entry "-l-lpthread" to "-lpthread" on
./qt_gui_cpp/sip/qt_gui_cpp_sip/Makefile fixes it for me.

[dirk-thomas]

Please provide more context: what version of qt_gui_core and python_qt_binding are you using? What platform are you building this on?

[lavancig]

The versions of qt in use are:
qt_gui_cpp=0.3.11-0
python_qt_binding=0.3.4-0
Compilation Platform: Raspberry Pi 3 B, Debian Buster

Those versions were automatically set to be fetched by rosinstall_generator, desktop version:

rosinstall_generator desktop --rosdistro kinetic --deps --wet-only --tar > kinetic-desktop-wet.rosinstall

[dirk-thomas]

ROS Kinetic doesn't target Debian Buster so it isn't surprising that it fails. I assume you will need this upcoming patch: ros/catkin#1021.

I will close this ticket as a duplicate.