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Binutils fix to fix some package builds
This fix was found on an i368 system when building openjdk. The
fix does not help or hurt x86_64 systems.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-binutils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="binutils.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>binutils</productname>
13 <productnumber>&binutils-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&binutils-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Binutils-&binutils-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils">
20 <primary sortas="a-Binutils">Binutils</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other
27 tools for handling object files.</para>
28
29 <segmentedlist>
30 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
31 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
32
33 <seglistitem>
34 <seg>&binutils-fin-sbu;</seg>
35 <seg>&binutils-fin-du;</seg>
36 </seglistitem>
37 </segmentedlist>
38
39 </sect2>
40
41 <sect2 role="installation">
42 <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
43
44 <para>Verify that the PTYs are working properly inside the chroot
45 environment by performing a simple test:</para>
46
47<screen><userinput remap="test">expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
48
49 <para>This command should output the following:</para>
50
51<screen><computeroutput>spawn ls</computeroutput></screen>
52
53 <para>If, instead, the output includes the message below, then the environment
54 is not set up for proper PTY operation. This issue needs to be resolved before
55 running the test suites for Binutils and GCC:</para>
56
57<screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
58Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
59
60 <para>Upstream has made a patch to fix a problem when using binutils
61 for building some BLFS packages with Link Time Optimization (LTO)
62 enabled. Apply that now:</para>
63
64 <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-lto-patch;</userinput></screen>
65
66<!--
67 <para>An error in the building system causes the shipped man pages to
68 be empty. Workaround the issue and remove the shipped man pages, so the
69 man pages will be regenerated correctly:</para>
70
71<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '63d' etc/texi2pod.pl
72find -name \*.1 -delete</userinput></screen>
73-->
74
75 <para>
76 Now make a fix identified upstream that affects building some packages:
77 </para>
78
79<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -e '/R_386_TLS_LE /i \ || (TYPE) == R_386_TLS_IE \\' \
80 -i ./bfd/elfxx-x86.h</userinput></screen>
81
82 <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils
83 in a dedicated build directory:</para>
84
85<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
86cd build</userinput></screen>
87
88 <para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
89
90<screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure --prefix=/usr \
91 --enable-gold \
92 --enable-ld=default \
93 --enable-plugins \
94 --enable-shared \
95 --disable-werror \
96 --enable-64-bit-bfd \
97 --with-system-zlib</userinput></screen>
98 <variablelist>
99 <title>The meaning of the configure parameters:</title>
100
101 <varlistentry>
102 <term><parameter>--enable-gold</parameter></term>
103 <listitem>
104 <para>Build the gold linker and install it as ld.gold (along side the
105 default linker).</para>
106 </listitem>
107 </varlistentry>
108
109 <varlistentry>
110 <term><parameter>--enable-ld=default</parameter></term>
111 <listitem>
112 <para>Build the original bfd linker and install it as both ld (the
113 default linker) and ld.bfd.</para>
114 </listitem>
115 </varlistentry>
116
117 <varlistentry>
118 <term><parameter>--enable-plugins</parameter></term>
119 <listitem>
120 <para>Enables plugin support for the linker.</para>
121 </listitem>
122 </varlistentry>
123
124 <varlistentry>
125 <term><parameter>--enable-64-bit-bfd</parameter></term>
126 <listitem>
127 <para>Enables 64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes).
128 May not be needed on 64-bit systems, but does no harm.</para>
129 </listitem>
130 </varlistentry>
131
132 <varlistentry>
133 <term><parameter>--with-system-zlib</parameter></term>
134 <listitem>
135 <para>Use the installed zlib library rather than building the
136 included version.</para>
137 </listitem>
138 </varlistentry>
139
140 </variablelist>
141
142 <para>Compile the package:</para>
143
144<screen><userinput remap="make">make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen>
145
146 <variablelist>
147 <title>The meaning of the make parameter:</title>
148
149 <varlistentry>
150 <term><parameter>tooldir=/usr</parameter></term>
151 <listitem>
152 <para>Normally, the tooldir (the directory where the executables will
153 ultimately be located) is set to <filename
154 class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename>. For
155 example, x86_64 machines would expand that to <filename
156 class="directory">/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Because this is
157 a custom system, this target-specific directory in <filename
158 class="directory">/usr</filename> is not required. <filename
159 class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename> would be
160 used if the system was used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a
161 package on an Intel machine that generates code that can be executed
162 on PowerPC machines).</para>
163 </listitem>
164 </varlistentry>
165
166 </variablelist>
167
168 <important>
169 <para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered critical.
170 Do not skip it under any circumstances.</para>
171 </important>
172
173 <para>Test the results:</para>
174
175<screen><userinput remap="test">make -k check</userinput></screen>
176
177 <para>Four tests related to zlib are known to fail.</para>
178<!--
179 <para>Seven gold tests are known to fail with gcc-11.1.0</para>
180
181 <para>Four ld tests named <quote>Run property ...</quote> are known to
182 fail.</para>
183 -->
184 <para>Install the package:</para>
185
186<screen><userinput remap="install">make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen>
187
188 <para>Remove useless static libraries:</para>
189
190<screen><userinput remap="install">rm -fv /usr/lib/lib{bfd,ctf,ctf-nobfd,opcodes}.a</userinput></screen>
191
192 </sect2>
193
194 <sect2 id="contents-binutils" role="content">
195 <title>Contents of Binutils</title>
196
197 <segmentedlist>
198 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
199 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
200 <segtitle>Installed directory</segtitle>
201
202 <seglistitem>
203 <seg>addr2line, ar, as, c++filt, dwp, elfedit, gprof, ld, ld.bfd, ld.gold, nm,
204 objcopy, objdump, ranlib, readelf, size, strings, and strip</seg>
205 <seg>libbfd.so, libctf.so, libctf-nobfd.so, and libopcodes.so</seg>
206 <seg>/usr/lib/ldscripts</seg>
207 </seglistitem>
208 </segmentedlist>
209
210 <variablelist>
211 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
212 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
213 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
214
215 <varlistentry id="addr2line">
216 <term><command>addr2line</command></term>
217 <listitem>
218 <para>Translates program addresses to file names and line numbers;
219 given an address and the name of an executable, it uses the debugging
220 information in the executable to determine which source file and line
221 number are associated with the address</para>
222 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils addr2line">
223 <primary sortas="b-addr2line">addr2line</primary>
224 </indexterm>
225 </listitem>
226 </varlistentry>
227
228 <varlistentry id="ar">
229 <term><command>ar</command></term>
230 <listitem>
231 <para>Creates, modifies, and extracts from archives</para>
232 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ar">
233 <primary sortas="b-ar">ar</primary>
234 </indexterm>
235 </listitem>
236 </varlistentry>
237
238 <varlistentry id="as">
239 <term><command>as</command></term>
240 <listitem>
241 <para>An assembler that assembles the output of <command>gcc</command>
242 into object files</para>
243 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils as">
244 <primary sortas="b-as">as</primary>
245 </indexterm>
246 </listitem>
247 </varlistentry>
248
249 <varlistentry id="c-filt">
250 <term><command>c++filt</command></term>
251 <listitem>
252 <para>Used by the linker to de-mangle C++ and Java symbols and to keep
253 overloaded functions from clashing</para>
254 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils c-filt">
255 <primary sortas="b-c++filt">c++filt</primary>
256 </indexterm>
257 </listitem>
258 </varlistentry>
259
260 <varlistentry id="dwp">
261 <term><command>dwp</command></term>
262 <listitem>
263 <para>The DWARF packaging utility</para>
264 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils dwp">
265 <primary sortas="dwp">dwp</primary>
266 </indexterm>
267 </listitem>
268 </varlistentry>
269
270 <varlistentry id="elfedit">
271 <term><command>elfedit</command></term>
272 <listitem>
273 <para>Updates the ELF header of ELF files</para>
274 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils elfedit">
275 <primary sortas="b-elfedit">elfedit</primary>
276 </indexterm>
277 </listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
279
280 <varlistentry id="gprof">
281 <term><command>gprof</command></term>
282 <listitem>
283 <para>Displays call graph profile data</para>
284 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils gprof">
285 <primary sortas="b-gprof">gprof</primary>
286 </indexterm>
287 </listitem>
288 </varlistentry>
289
290 <varlistentry id="ld">
291 <term><command>ld</command></term>
292 <listitem>
293 <para>A linker that combines a number of object and archive files
294 into a single file, relocating their data and tying up symbol
295 references</para>
296 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld">
297 <primary sortas="b-ld">ld</primary>
298 </indexterm>
299 </listitem>
300 </varlistentry>
301
302 <varlistentry id="ld.gold">
303 <term><command>ld.gold</command></term>
304 <listitem>
305 <para>A cut down version of ld that only supports the
306 elf object file format</para>
307 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld.gold">
308 <primary sortas="b-ld.gold">ld.gold</primary>
309 </indexterm>
310 </listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312
313 <varlistentry id="ld.bfd">
314 <term><command>ld.bfd</command></term>
315 <listitem>
316 <para>Hard link to <command>ld</command></para>
317 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld.bfd">
318 <primary sortas="b-ld.bfd">ld.bfd</primary>
319 </indexterm>
320 </listitem>
321 </varlistentry>
322
323 <varlistentry id="nm">
324 <term><command>nm</command></term>
325 <listitem>
326 <para>Lists the symbols occurring in a given object file</para>
327 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils nm">
328 <primary sortas="b-nm">nm</primary>
329 </indexterm>
330 </listitem>
331 </varlistentry>
332
333 <varlistentry id="objcopy">
334 <term><command>objcopy</command></term>
335 <listitem>
336 <para>Translates one type of object file into another</para>
337 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objcopy">
338 <primary sortas="b-objcopy">objcopy</primary>
339 </indexterm>
340 </listitem>
341 </varlistentry>
342
343 <varlistentry id="objdump">
344 <term><command>objdump</command></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>Displays information about the given object file, with options
347 controlling the particular information to display; the information
348 shown is useful to programmers who are working on the compilation
349 tools</para>
350 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils objdump">
351 <primary sortas="b-objdump">objdump</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 <varlistentry id="ranlib">
357 <term><command>ranlib</command></term>
358 <listitem>
359 <para>Generates an index of the contents of an archive and stores it
360 in the archive; the index lists all of the symbols defined by archive
361 members that are relocatable object files</para>
362 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ranlib">
363 <primary sortas="b-ranlib">ranlib</primary>
364 </indexterm>
365 </listitem>
366 </varlistentry>
367
368 <varlistentry id="readelf">
369 <term><command>readelf</command></term>
370 <listitem>
371 <para>Displays information about ELF type binaries</para>
372 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils readelf">
373 <primary sortas="b-readelf">readelf</primary>
374 </indexterm>
375 </listitem>
376 </varlistentry>
377
378 <varlistentry id="size">
379 <term><command>size</command></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>Lists the section sizes and the total size for the given
382 object files</para>
383 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils size">
384 <primary sortas="b-size">size</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="strings">
390 <term><command>strings</command></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>Outputs, for each given file, the sequences of printable
393 characters that are of at least the specified length (defaulting to
394 four); for object files, it prints, by default, only the strings from
395 the initializing and loading sections while for other types of files, it
396 scans the entire file</para>
397 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strings">
398 <primary sortas="b-strings">strings</primary>
399 </indexterm>
400 </listitem>
401 </varlistentry>
402
403 <varlistentry id="strip">
404 <term><command>strip</command></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>Discards symbols from object files</para>
407 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils strip">
408 <primary sortas="b-strip">strip</primary>
409 </indexterm>
410 </listitem>
411 </varlistentry>
412
413 <varlistentry id="libbfd">
414 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libbfd</filename></term>
415 <listitem>
416 <para>The Binary File Descriptor library</para>
417 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libbfd">
418 <primary sortas="c-libbfd">libbfd</primary>
419 </indexterm>
420 </listitem>
421 </varlistentry>
422
423 <varlistentry id="libctf">
424 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libctf</filename></term>
425 <listitem>
426 <para>The Compat ANSI-C Type Format debugging support library</para>
427 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libctf">
428 <primary sortas="c-libctf">libctf</primary>
429 </indexterm>
430 </listitem>
431 </varlistentry>
432
433 <varlistentry id="libctf-nobfd">
434 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libctf-nobfd</filename></term>
435 <listitem>
436 <para>A libctf variant which does not use libbfd functionality</para>
437 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libctf-nobfd">
438 <primary sortas="c-libctf-nobfd">libctf-nobfd</primary>
439 </indexterm>
440 </listitem>
441 </varlistentry>
442
443 <varlistentry id="libopcodes">
444 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libopcodes</filename></term>
445 <listitem>
446 <para>A library for dealing with opcodes&mdash;the <quote>readable
447 text</quote> versions of instructions for the processor;
448 it is used for building utilities like
449 <command>objdump</command></para>
450 <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils libopcodes">
451 <primary sortas="c-libopcodes">libopcodes</primary>
452 </indexterm>
453 </listitem>
454 </varlistentry>
455
456 </variablelist>
457
458 </sect2>
459
460</sect1>
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