Syslinux - Feb 2016 - binutils (objcopy?) >= 2.26 breaks syslinux (bios) build

> > Yes, it is a bug in ld.  I have been working with H.J. and we have
just tracked it down.
> > 
> 
> 
> It seems that hjl helped, after all.
> 
> Syslinux built, or better to write, linked with:
> binutils 2.26.51.20160212 git 95c00d1 is salt-n-pepa.
> 
> Both, ISOLINUX and EXTLINUX have passed the test on both, SeaBIOS and
Bare-metal.
> 
> Thanks hpa.
> 
> 
 
This means that Fedora would need to (or "should") patch its binutils 
2.26 package, at least until a new upstream binutils is released.

Considering that a Mass Rebuild was already performed for F24, then an 
updated, patched binutils would probably generate new, working 
Syslinux-related packages. Otherwise, these packages for/in F24 will be 
probably failing.

I would guess that Slackware _might_ find itself in some similar 
circumstances (especially so close to a new stable release).

Now, Ubuntu and Debian (unstable / testing / experimental / Sid) might 
find similar problems with binutils 2.26 and Syslinux-related packages, 
but both distros already have more-than-enough troubles / confusion / 
misinformation and lack of maintenance regarding their respective 
Syslinux-related packages. This would be just another one.

Some downstream distros might be affected in similar ways.

As for Gentoo and Arch Linux, neither is using version 2.26 of binutils 
yet.

Regards,
Ady.

 
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On 13.02.2016 10:01, Ady via Syslinux wrote:
> 
>>> Yes, it is a bug in ld.  I have been working with H.J. and we have
just tracked it down.
>>>
>>
>>
>> It seems that hjl helped, after all.
>>
>> Syslinux built, or better to write, linked with:
>> binutils 2.26.51.20160212 git 95c00d1 is salt-n-pepa.
>>
>> Both, ISOLINUX and EXTLINUX have passed the test on both, SeaBIOS and
Bare-metal.
>>
>> Thanks hpa.
>>
>>
>  
> This means that Fedora would need to (or "should") patch its
binutils
> 2.26 package, at least until a new upstream binutils is released.
> 
> Considering that a Mass Rebuild was already performed for F24, then an 
> updated, patched binutils would probably generate new, working 
> Syslinux-related packages. Otherwise, these packages for/in F24 will be 
> probably failing.
> 
Binutils:
"Enable -Bsymbolic and -Bsymbolic-functions to PIE"
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=e20365c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308296

Syslinux:
"core: Clean up the i386-bios build"
http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commit/ff85905
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308298

> I would guess that Slackware _might_ find itself in some similar 
> circumstances (especially so close to a new stable release).
> 
> Now, Ubuntu and Debian (unstable / testing / experimental / Sid) might 
> find similar problems with binutils 2.26 and Syslinux-related packages, 
> but both distros already have more-than-enough troubles / confusion / 
> misinformation and lack of maintenance regarding their respective 
> Syslinux-related packages. This would be just another one.
> 
> Some downstream distros might be affected in similar ways.
> 
> As for Gentoo and Arch Linux, neither is using version 2.26 of binutils 
> yet.
> 
> Regards,
> Ady.
> 
>

> > Considering that a Mass Rebuild was already performed for F24, then an
> > updated, patched binutils would probably generate new, working 
> > Syslinux-related packages. Otherwise, these packages for/in F24 will
be
> > probably failing.
> > 
> 
> Binutils:
> "Enable -Bsymbolic and -Bsymbolic-functions to PIE"
> https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=e20365c
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308296
> 
> Syslinux:
> "core: Clean up the i386-bios build"
> http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commit/ff85905
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308298
> 
 
 
Except that those upstream links are not going to be enough to solve 
the issues in the downstream distros.

Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware... They need to get at least binutils 
2.26 patched and perhaps also the Syslinux-related packages. (Note: As 
I wrote previously, Debian and Ubuntu would need much more, regarding 
their Syslinux-related packages).

For F24, Fedora will also need to rebuild the packages. In other words, 
the relevant maintainers would need to be aware of this situation and 
then actually do something about it. See for example:

 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1308171 

Regards,
Ady.
 
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