On Tue, Feb 05, 2019 at 01:38:21PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > Just a FYI. > > After a recent upgrade in debian testing, I was not able to build the > kernel. I have a custom build of gcc, so I thought it was strange that > I was getting something like this (took this from the web, as I don't > have the error anymore with the work around, and currently doing a full > build): > > objdump: kernel/.tmp_signal.o: unable to initialize decompress status for > section .debug_info > objdump: kernel/.tmp_signal.o: unable to initialize decompress status for > section .debug_info > objdump: kernel/.tmp_signal.o: file format not recognized > > CC arch/x86/kernel/platform-quirks.o > > objdump: arch/x86/kernel/.tmp_ebda.o: unable to initialize decompress status > for section .debug_info > objdump: arch/x86/kernel/.tmp_ebda.o: unable to initialize decompress status > for section .debug_info > objdump: arch/x86/kernel/.tmp_ebda.o: file format not recognized > > objdump: mm/.tmp_swap_slots.o: unable to initialize decompress status for > section .debug_info > objdump: mm/.tmp_swap_slots.o: unable to initialize decompress status for > section .debug_info > objdump: mm/.tmp_swap_slots.o: file format not recognized >
I installed debian testing on a VM, which has libelf 0.175-2, but I can't recreate. Can you share your config? -- Josh