Ubuntu
oprofile package

Oprofile fails to load vmlinux image if binutils is not installed

Bug #251290 reported by Kevin Worth
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oprofile (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
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Nominated for Hardy by Domas Mituzas
Nominated for Intrepid by Domas Mituzas
Nominated for Jaunty by Domas Mituzas

Bug Description

Binary package hint: oprofile

running "opcontrol --vmlinux=vmlinux-file-here" fails and reports that the image is invalid. However, if you install binutils, it works fine. I'm guessing there is a silent runtime dependency on a program like "nm" to get information out of the kernel image.

It seems oprofile should have binutils added to its dependencies.

Revision history for this message
Domas Mituzas (domas-mituzas) wrote :

opcontrol relies on 'objdump' which is part of binutils, but not tracked as dependancy

Changed in oprofile:
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

depends on binutils in karmic and lucid

Changed in oprofile (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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