Bug 1670014 - binutils: Enable gold linker on all architectures with upstream implementation
Summary: binutils: Enable gold linker on all architectures with upstream implementation
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: binutils
Version: 7.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Nick Clifton
QA Contact: Miloš Prchlík
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-01-28 12:08 UTC by Florian Weimer
Modified: 2019-08-06 12:41 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: binutils-2.27-40.base.el7
Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Feature: The GOLD linker needs to be provided for the PowerPC64 and S390X architectures. Reason: These archiectures are supported on RHEL-7 and some packages require GOLD in order to link properly. Result: GOLD has now been enabled for all architectures supported by RHEL-7.
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 12:41:33 UTC
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Red Hat Bugzilla 1670015 1 None None None 2021-01-20 06:05:38 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:2075 0 None None None 2019-08-06 12:41:48 UTC

Description Florian Weimer 2019-01-28 12:08:29 UTC 
Currently, ld.gold is missing on at least ppc64, ppc64le, s390x:

$ grep -Fc ld.gold binutils-2*.rpm
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.aarch64.rpm:3
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.i686.rpm:3
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.ppc64le.rpm:0
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.ppc64.rpm:0
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.ppc.rpm:0
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.s390.rpm:0
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.s390x.rpm:0
binutils-2.27-39.base.el7.x86_64.rpm:3

I do not know the support status of ppc and s390, but we should enable the gold linker on all primary architectures.
Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2019-01-28 15:07:25 UTC 
Fixed in binutils-2.27-40.base.el7
Comment 4 Miloš Prchlík 2019-06-20 08:06:27 UTC 
Verified with binutils-2.27-41.base.el7 - ld.gold is present, no failed test case reported by gold binutils' upstream test suite.
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 12:41:33 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, 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/RHSA-2019:2075
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