Re: [PATCH] binutils: Add fixes for binutils issue 16428

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, 2014-03-25 at 09:13 -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Richard Purdie
> <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > "ld:i386 crashes with -static -fPIE -pie"
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1266492
> >
> > This adds in two upstream binutils fixes to avoid the internal error
> > triggered by the combination of -static with -pie on x86 builds. This
> > triggers a backtrace which then triggers a bug in glibc where the process
> > ends up hanging on some systems with broken libcs.
> >
> > We can't fix the libc but we can stop the internal error and hence
> > avoid the hanging builds.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
> > +     file://fix-pr16428a.patch \
> > +     file://fix-pr16428b.patch \
> 
> Please add the Upstream-Status field in the two patch  files stating
> this is a 'Backport'.

Well spotted, I did realise this after I sent the patch and I've already
updated the version in master-next which is testing more widely at the
moment.

Cheers,

Richard