Bug 2057638

Summary:	[el9] binutils on s390x provides non-working windres binary
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Reporter:	Davide Cavalca <davide>
Component:	binutils	Assignee:	Nick Clifton <nickc>
binutils sub component:	system-version	QA Contact:	Miloš Prchlík <mprchlik>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	Docs Contact:
Severity:	unspecified
Priority:	unspecified	CC:	bstinson, fweimer, jwboyer, mprchlik, ohudlick, sipoyare
Version:	CentOS Stream	Keywords:	Bugfix, Triaged
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Fixed In Version:	binutils-2.35.2-19.el9	Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Last Closed:	2022-11-15 11:12:58 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Davide Cavalca 2022-02-23 18:56:52 UTC

On s390x, the binutils package ships a windres binary, which is not included in for other architectures (e.g. compare the file list for binutils-2.35.2-17.el9.s390x vs binutils-2.35.2-17.el9.x86_64).

Unfortunately, this binary doesn't actually work, failing with

windres: Can't detect architecture.

This is problematic because windres is sometimes detected by autotools, leading then to failed builds like https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=83236147

Comment 1 Davide Cavalca 2022-02-23 18:57:13 UTC

This also applies to Fedora: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2057636

Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2022-02-28 11:05:41 UTC

Need to update the binutils.spec file so that the windres binary is not shipped.

Comment 3 Nick Clifton 2022-03-07 14:27:59 UTC

Fixed in binutils-2.35.2-18.el9

Comment 4 Miloš Prchlík 2022-04-11 07:19:59 UTC

Bumping ITM by one week to gain more time for testing. I got distracted by the fallout of the recent PSI outage.

Comment 8 Miloš Prchlík 2022-04-14 14:10:38 UTC

Verified with binutils-2.35.2-19.el9.

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-15 11:12:58 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 (binutils bug fix and enhancement update), 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-2022:8281