Bug 2057638 - [el9] binutils on s390x provides non-working windres binary
Summary: [el9] binutils on s390x provides non-working windres binary
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Classification: Red Hat
Component: binutils
Version: CentOS Stream
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Nick Clifton
QA Contact: Miloš Prchlík
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-02-23 18:56 UTC by Davide Cavalca
Modified: 2023-07-18 14:25 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: binutils-2.35.2-19.el9
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Last Closed: 2022-11-15 11:12:58 UTC
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Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-113341 0 None None None 2022-02-23 22:09:38 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2022:8281 0 None None None 2022-11-15 11:13:08 UTC

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
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