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Library can't be used on musl #3

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On musl systems (tested on Void Linux running musl 1.1.24), cgo fails to compile the library because wgpu native calls gnu_get_libc_version, which musl does not support.

# command-line-arguments
/usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64/link: running gcc failed: exit status 1
/usr/bin/gcc -m64 -s -Wl,--build-id=0x8ba858fffac1a3d680897d8169103efa50f2e9a8 -o $WORK/b001/exe/simple -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=_cgo_panic -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=_cgo_topofstack -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=crosscall2 -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goCharCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goCharModsCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goCursorEnterCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goCursorPosCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goDropCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goErrorCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goFramebufferSizeCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goJoystickCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goKeyCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goMonitorCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goMouseButtonCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goScrollCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowCloseCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowContentScaleCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowFocusCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowIconifyCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowMaximizeCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowPosCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowRefreshCB -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=goWindowSizeCB-Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=gowebgpu_buffer_map_callback_go -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=gowebgpu_device_lost_callback_go -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=gowebgpu_error_callback_go -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=gowebgpu_queue_work_done_callback_go -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=gowebgpu_request_adapter_callback_go -Wl,--export-dynamic-symbol=gowebgpu_request_device_callback_go -Wl,--compress-debug-sections=zlib /tmp/go-link-142790675/go.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000000.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000001.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000002.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000003.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000004.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000005.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000006.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000007.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000008.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000009.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000010.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000011.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000012.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000013.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000014.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000015.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000016.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000017.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000018.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000019.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000020.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000021.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000022.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000023.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000024.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000025.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000026.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000027.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000028.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000029.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000030.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000031.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000032.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000033.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000034.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000035.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000036.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000037.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000038.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000039.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000040.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000041.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000042.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000043.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000044.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000045.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000046.o /tmp/go-link-142790675/000047.o -O2 -g -L/home/willian/go/pkg/mod/github.com/cogentcore/webgpu@v0.0.0-20250407222942-151b7afd296c/wgpu/lib/linux/amd64 -lwgpu_native -lm -ldl -O2 -g -lGL -lX11 -lXrandr -lXxf86vm -lXi -lXcursor -lm -lXinerama -ldl -lrt -O2 -g -lpthread -no-pie
/usr/bin/ld: /home/willian/go/pkg/mod/github.com/cogentcore/webgpu@v0.0.0-20250407222942-151b7afd296c/wgpu/lib/linux/amd64/libwgpu_native.a(std-0fbbe72b9e0d57dc.std.dece285a2424a0b-cgu.0.rcgu.o): in function `std::sys::pal::unix::os::glibc_version':
/rustc/051478957371ee0084a7c0913941d2a8c4757bb9/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/os.rs:777:(.text._ZN3std3sys3pal4unix2os13glibc_version17h6e1033873182f5dcE+0x17): undefined reference to `gnu_get_libc_version'
/usr/bin/ld: /home/willian/go/pkg/mod/github.com/cogentcore/webgpu@v0.0.0-20250407222942-151b7afd296c/wgpu/lib/linux/amd64/libwgpu_native.a(std-0fbbe72b9e0d57dc.std.dece285a2424a0b-cgu.0.rcgu.o): in function `std::sys::pal::unix::net::on_resolver_failure':
/rustc/051478957371ee0084a7c0913941d2a8c4757bb9/library/std/src/sys/pal/unix/net.rs:635:(.text._ZN104_$LT$std..sys_common..net..LookupHost$u20$as$u20$core..convert..TryFrom$LT$LP$RF$str$C$u16$RP$GT$GT$8try_from28_$u7b$u7b$closure$u7d$u7d$17h7bc6b4e96e2e31f7E+0x92): undefined reference to `__res_init'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

There's also this undefined reference to '__res_init' error which I have no idea where it comes from. It may or may not also be related to the library not being built against musl.

AFAIK, there isn't any trivial way to solve this. Even if you provide wgpu binaries that are built against musl, I don't know how cgo would choose at compile time the musl library binary instead of the glibc one when it detects a musl system. Maybe it is actually possible, but I'm not familiar with cgo :P

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