Bug 2042447

Summary: removing binutils warns /usr/bin/ld No such file or directory
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Reporter: Jiri Jaburek <jjaburek>
Component: binutilsAssignee: Nick Clifton <nickc>
binutils sub component: system-version QA Contact: Miloš Prchlík <mprchlik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA Docs Contact:
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Priority: unspecified CC: fweimer, mprchlik, ohudlick, tschelle
Version: 9.0Keywords: Bugfix, Triaged
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Description Jiri Jaburek 2022-01-19 14:31:49 UTC 
Description of problem:

# dnf install binutils
...
Installing:
 binutils
Installing dependencies:
 binutils-gold
 elfutils-debuginfod-client


# dnf remove binutils
...
Removing:
 binutils
Removing unused dependencies:
 binutils-gold
 elfutils-debuginfod-client
...
Running transaction
  Preparing        :                                                                                              1/1 
  Running scriptlet: binutils-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64                                                                1/3 
  Erasing          : binutils-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64                                                                1/3 
warning: file /usr/bin/ld: remove failed: No such file or directory

  Running scriptlet: binutils-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64                                                                1/3 
  Erasing          : binutils-gold-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64                                                           2/3 
  Erasing          : elfutils-debuginfod-client-0.186-1.el9.x86_64                                                3/3 
  Running scriptlet: elfutils-debuginfod-client-0.186-1.el9.x86_64                                                3/3 
  Verifying        : binutils-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64                                                                1/3 
  Verifying        : binutils-gold-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64                                                           2/3 
  Verifying        : elfutils-debuginfod-client-0.186-1.el9.x86_64                                                3/3 
Installed products updated.


I can't quite figure out where the

  warning: file /usr/bin/ld: remove failed: No such file or directory

comes from - there is one "rm -f", but that is in the postinst scriptlet, the uninstall scripts don't have it.

Maybe rpm(8) attempts to find a packaged file,

  $ rpm -ql -p binutils-2.35.2-14.el9.x86_64.rpm  | grep /ld
  /usr/bin/ld
  ...

and since alternatives(8) removed it, rpm throws a warning?

If so, should /usr/bin/ld really be in %files ?

Thanks!


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
binutils-2.35.2-14.el9
Comment 1 Nick Clifton 2022-01-20 14:50:59 UTC 
The binutils.spec files contains:

  # %%verify(symlink) does not work for some reason, so using "owner" instead.
  %verify(owner) %{_bindir}/%{?cross}ld
 
In the %files section.  This is presumably the cause.  I will investigate changing this.
Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2022-01-24 14:46:01 UTC 
Fixed in binutils-2.35.2-16.el9
Comment 5 Miloš Prchlík 2022-01-25 15:03:22 UTC 
Verified with binutils-2.35.2-17.el9.
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2022-05-17 15:58:36 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (new packages: binutils), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:3985