mesos: 1.0.1 -> 1.1.0

pkgs/development/libraries/protobuf/generic.nix

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, version, src
+{ stdenv, lib, version, src
 , autoreconfHook, zlib, gtest
 , ...
 }:
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ autoreconfHook zlib ];
 
+  # The generated C++ code uses static initializers which mutate a global data
+  # structure. This causes problems for an executable when:
+  #
+  # 1) it dynamically links to two libs, both of which contain generated C++ for
+  #    the same proto file, and
+  # 2) the two aforementioned libs both dynamically link to libprotobuf.
+  #
+  # One solution is to statically link libprotobuf, that way the global
+  # variables are not shared; in fact, this is necessary for the python Mesos
+  # binding to not crash, as the python lib contains two C extensions which
+  # both refer to the same proto schema.
+  #
+  # See: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/19064#issuecomment-255082684
+  #      https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/1489
+  dontDisableStatic = true;
+  configureFlags = [
+    "CFLAGS=-fPIC"
+    "CXXFLAGS=-fPIC"
+  ];
+
   doCheck = true;
 
   meta = {