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authorEfraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>2017-09-17 21:13:22 +0300
committerEfraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>2017-09-17 22:45:21 +0300
commitce27857f710ff32c05f4ba19a04a695c1cc2ce20 (patch)
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parent881006b65cd7693a1f473870fef1ae38f497f9ae (diff)
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gnu: binutils: Fix security issues.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils)[replacement]: New field. (binutils/fixed): New variable. * gnu/packages/commencement.scm (binutils-boot0, binutils-final): Use 'package/inherit' to correctly use replacement binutils.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index 1ccff1fcf5..972ffeeecb 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ change. GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
(define-public binutils
(package
+ (replacement binutils/fixed)
(name "binutils")
(version "2.28")
(source (origin
@@ -435,6 +436,19 @@ included.")
(license gpl3+)
(home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/")))
+(define binutils/fixed
+ (package
+ (inherit binutils)
+ ;; 2.28.1 is two characters longer than 2.28, so grafting fails due to
+ ;; mismatched lengths of filenames, so we have to force it to the same length.
+ (version "2281")
+ (source
+ (origin (inherit (package-source binutils))
+ (uri "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-2.28.1.tar.bz2")
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "1sj234nd05cdgga1r36zalvvdkvpfbr12g5mir2n8i1dwsdrj939"))))))
+
(define* (make-ld-wrapper name #:key
(target (const #f))
binutils