configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub (Debian) |
Fix Committed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
grub (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Colin Watson |
Bug Description
./configure (for grub 0.97 source) gives this error on Karmic Koala Alpha 5 for i386:
checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils
binutils is the latest available so there seems to be a problem with objcopy
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
$ apt-cache show binutils
Package: binutils
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 9564
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers <email address hidden>
Original-
Architecture: i386
Version: 2.19.51.
Provides: elf-binutils
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: binutils-doc (>= 2.19.51.
Conflicts: elf-binutils, gas, modutils (<< 2.4.19-1)
Filename: pool/main/
Size: 1653974
MD5sum: f75c9f5c8a9c7bd
SHA1: 1ae21a988fbdb46
SHA256: 081886734173055
Description: The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate
binary and object files. They may be used in conjunction with a compiler
and various libraries to build programs.
Bugs: https:/
Build-Essential: yes
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-netbook, edubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-
$ uname -a
Linux mini 2.6.31-9-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 30 17:39:23 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in binutils (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
confirmed with 2.19.91.20090910, grub2 builds fine