[oe] [OE-core] [RFT] binutils 2.27

[Richard Purdie]

On Mon, 2016-08-08 at 00:24 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > On Aug 7, 2016, at 11:28 PM, Richard Purdie <
> > richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2016-08-07 at 01:39 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> > > I have put together upgrade for binutils 2.27 here ( kraj/master
> > > branch )
> > > 
> > > https://github.com/kraj/openembedded-core/commit/b98f5761d2285ffd
> > > 773e
> > > c6ecb901b799302ebd6b
> > > 
> > > I have started bunch of test builds. but I would appreciate any
> > > help
> > > in testing it out in your
> > > environments and report any issues you see.
> > 
> > I ran this through the autobuilder:
> > 
> > bitbake world shows issues in libunwind (from gold?):
> > 
> 
> yes, however, use of gold for libunwind in OE was an escape route
> where we were relying upon gold’s inability to detect this issue
> while BFD linker
> was detecting it earlier. Now in 2.27 gold has caught up as well.
> 
> see
> https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=6eeb0170bb
> b43ffb73e8f01b8b481adde8194c21
> 
> so now we have to get to nub of this issue to resolve it.

Ok. I think we also have:

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/main/builders/nightly-ppc/builds/8
96
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/main/builders/nightly-ppc/builds/8
96

in that "connmand --help" is segfaulting on ppc. I've not 100%
confirmed its the binutils patch but its seeming likely at this point.

Cheers,

Richard