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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-06-06 17:19:18 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-06-16 21:35:24 +0200
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gnu: linux-libre: Fix build on AArch64.
* gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it. * gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils/fixed): New public variable. * gnu/packages/linux.scm (make-linux-libre)[native-inputs]: On aarch64, define new ld-wrapper with the above binutils and use it.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch
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+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Fix a regression in Binutils 2.30 where some symbols are incorrectly assumed
+to be addresses:
+
+https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22764
+
+Patch taken from upstream (with ChangeLog entries and tests omitted):
+
+https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=279b2f94168ee91e02ccd070d27c983fc001fe12
+
+diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+index af448f9..2737773 100644
+--- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
++++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
+@@ -7189,10 +7189,19 @@ elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
+ #if ARCH_SIZE == 64
+ case BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_32:
+ #endif
+- if (bfd_link_pic (info)
+- && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
+- && (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
++ if (bfd_link_pic (info) && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0)
+ {
++ if (h != NULL
++ /* This is an absolute symbol. It represents a value instead
++ of an address. */
++ && ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
++ && bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section))
++ /* This is an undefined symbol. */
++ || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined))
++ break;
++
++ /* For local symbols, defined global symbols in a non-ABS section,
++ it is assumed that the value is an address. */
+ int howto_index = bfd_r_type - BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_RELOC_START;
+ _bfd_error_handler
+ /* xgettext:c-format */