Your message dated Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:46:18 +0100 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Re: Bug#808181: libc6: Upgrade can make the linker unusable has caused the Debian Bug report #808181, regarding libc6: Unrecognized relocation when compiling to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: libc6 Version: 2.21-4 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, When attempting to compile a simple C program, the link stage fails with an unrecognized relocation error. This problem seems to have appeared in the latest version, 2.21-4 (and is also present in 2.22-0experimental which I tested before submitting); it was not present in 2.19-22 which I was using prior to tonight. When using 2.19-22 (pinned to that version after installing the package from a CD), it works normally. When upgraded, it fails as per below. The problem manifested in a much more complicated build process, but I can duplicate it with a program as simple as this: #include <stdio.h> int main() { fprintf(stdout, "Hello, world.\n"); return(0); } When compiling, the following error happens: $ gcc hello.c -o hello /usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o: unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.init' /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status The expected behavior is for the program to compile normally without error. -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 4.2.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:5.2.1-23 libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.58 pn glibc-doc <none> ii libc-l10n 2.22-0experimental1 ii locales 2.21-4 -- debconf information: glibc/disable-screensaver: glibc/restart-services: glibc/kernel-not-supported: * libraries/restart-without-asking: true glibc/restart-failed: glibc/upgrade: true glibc/kernel-too-old:
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--- Begin Message ---On 2015-12-17 11:10, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > reassign 808181 libc6-dev > reassign 808205 libc6-dev > forcemerge 808181 808205 > forcemerge 808181 808206 > severity 808181 serious > thanks > > On 2015-12-16 23:36, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > On 2015-12-16 13:15, Dima Kogan wrote: > > > Package: libc6 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > Hi. I had > > > > > > libc6 = 2.19-22 > > > binutils = 2.25-4 > > > > > > and all was well. Then I upgraded to libc6 = 2.21-4 (currently latest in > > > sid). As a result, even the most basic build-time linking would fail. > > > For instance, with a trivial hello-world program: > > > > > > $ gcc-5 -o tst tst.c > > > > > > /usr/bin/ld: > > > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o: > > > unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.init' > > > /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value > > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > > > > > > This would happen with gcc-5 and with gcc-4.9. Downgrading libc6 would > > > fix it. After some fiddling I realized that upgrading to binutils = > > > 2.25.90.20151209-1 (currently latest in sid) fixes it. I.e. with the > > > latest libc6 and the latest binutils packages things work. > > > > The problem is not introduced by the glibc, but just by the fact that > > it has been built with a recent binutils version which adds new > > relocation types on i386 and amd64. This means that ALL static libraries > > are affected by this problem. > > > > > Can the broken combination be prevented with some Conflicts: tags? > > > Currently this is a trap for the unwary. > > > > I therefore don't think we need to fix that at the glibc level. Either > > we just ignore the problem saying we don't support partial upgrades or > > we try to find a global way to fix the dependencies for all libraries. > > We are working to migrate binutils version 2.25.90.20151209-1 into > testing asap. If everything goes well it should be the case after the > 13:52 UTC dinstall run, so a few hours after that on the mirrors. binutils version 2.25.90.20151209-1 is now in testing, I am therefore closing the bug. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B [email protected] http://www.aurel32.net
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