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

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