update binutils to the 2.38 branch in 22.04 LTS

[Matthias Klose]

SRU: update binutils to the 2.38 branch in 22.04 LTS.

The new build will be validated by the main component on all architectures.

test rebuilds at
https://people.canonical.com/~ginggs/ftbfs-report/test-rebuild-20220728-jammy-jammy.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ginggs/ftbfs-report/test-rebuild-20220728-jammy-gcc-jammy.html

the first one is the reference test rebuild, the second one the rebuild using updated binutils, GCC and python packages.

Analysis:

regressions on riscv64 (caused by enabling the tests) are:

abseil
adsys
colord
dovecot
glib-networking
glibc
gnome-bluetooth3
gnome-control-center
google-perftools
json-glib
libfprint
libgdata
memcached
mir
openvswitch
ovn
pmdk
power-profiles-daemon
strace
swtpm
vim

devscripts is not a regression, introduced by a custom dpkg-buildpackage wrapper.

binutils and python3-stdlib-extensions are superseded which are part of the planned updates.

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected,

Accepted binutils into jammy-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.38-4ubuntu2 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-jammy to verification-done-jammy. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-jammy. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[Ubuntu SRU Bot (ubuntu-sru-bot)]

All autopkgtests for the newly accepted binutils (2.38-4ubuntu2) for jammy have finished running.
The following regressions have been reported in tests triggered by the package:

glibc/2.35-0ubuntu3.1 (armhf)
sagemath/9.5-4 (amd64)

Please visit the excuses page listed below and investigate the failures, proceeding afterwards as per the StableReleaseUpdates policy regarding autopkgtest regressions [1].

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/jammy/update_excuses.html#binutils

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates#Autopkgtest_Regressions

Thank you!

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

all autopkg tests passed now

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.38-4ubuntu2

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binutils (2.38-4ubuntu2) jammy-proposed; urgency=medium

  * SRU: LP: #1982105. Update from the binutils 2.38 branch:
    - IBM zSystems: Add support for z16 as CPU name. LP: #1974115.
    - Fix PR libctf/29242, linking together multiple objects derived from
      the same source.
    - PowerPC64: fix assertion in ppc_build_one_stub with -Os code.
    - Fix PR ld/29216, x86: Properly handle IFUNC function pointer reference.
    - AArch64: Enable FP16 by default for Armv9-A.
    - Fix PR binutils/29142, segv in ar with empty archive and libdeps
      specified.
    - M68K: avoid quadratic slowdlow in label alignment check.
    - Adjust ld ctf test for 32-bit targets.

binutils (2.38-4ubuntu1) kinetic; urgency=medium

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

binutils (2.38-4) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update from the binutils 2.38 branch:
    - Fix PR ld/29087, x86: invalid relocation against protected symbol.
    - s390: Add DT_JMPREL pointing to .rela.[i]plt with static-pie.
    - Fix PR ld/22263, s390: Avoid dynamic TLS relocs in PIE.
    - Fix PR libctf/28933: ld: diagnose corrupted CTF header cth_strlen.
    - Fix PR 28885.
    - PR28959, obdump doesn't disassemble mftb instruction.
    - PowerPC64 DT_RELR relative reloc addresses. LP: #1978129.
  * Fix reproducible builds: source tarball embeds build user and group.
    Closes: #1010238.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Tue, 19 Jul 2022 12:17:47 +0200

[Łukasz Zemczak (sil2100)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for binutils has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.