binutils-common contains several zero-byte manpages

[Horst Schirmeier]

binutils-common 2.37-1ubuntu1 contains several zero-byte manpages (those showing up with 20 bytes when packed with gzip):

$ dpkg-query -L binutils-common | grep /usr/share/man/man1/ | xargs ls -Sl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6707 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.gold.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/dwp.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/addr2line.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ar.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/as.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/c++filt.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/elfedit.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/gprof.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.bfd.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/nm.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/objcopy.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/objdump.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ranlib.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/readelf.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/size.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/strings.1.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/strip.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/gold.1.gz -> ld.gold.1.gz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.1.gz -> ld.bfd.1.gz

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: binutils-common 2.37-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27-generic 5.11.22
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu67
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Aug 20 21:15:08 2021
Dependencies:

InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-26 (1728 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
RebootRequiredPkgs:
 linux-image-5.13.0-14-generic
 linux-base
SourcePackage: binutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-08-08 (12 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.37-5ubuntu1

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binutils (2.37-5ubuntu1) impish; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Build from upstream sources.

binutils (2.37-5) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update from the binutils 2.37 branch:
    - [GOLD] PowerPC64 relocation overflow for -Os register save/restore funcs.
  * Update libctf0 and libctf-nobsd0 symbols files.
  * Rebuild man pages, included as empty files in the upstream tarball.
    Closes: #992323. LP: #1940712.

binutils (2.37-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update from the binutils 2.37 branch:
    - Revert the ld script expression parsing changes.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:59:38 +0200