Re: [OE-core][PATCH] libarchive: upgrade 3.8.4 -> 3.8.5

Antonin Godard
2026-01-12T16:31:14Z

On Mon Jan 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM CET, Yoann Congal via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> Le lun. 12 janv. 2026 à 17:17, Antonin Godard via lists.openembedded.org
> <antonin.godard=bootlin.com@lists.openembedded.org> a écrit :
>
>> Hi,
>>
>
> Hello,
>
>
>> On Sat Jan 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM CET, Peter Marko via lists.openembedded.org
>> wrote:
>> > From: Peter Marko <peter.marko@siemens.com>
>> >
>> > Fixes regression of fix for CVE-2025-60753
>> >
>> > Release notes [1]:
>> > Libarchive 3.8.5 is a bugfix release.
>> > Notable bugxies:
>> > * bsdtar: fix regression from 3.8.4 zero-length pattern issue bugfix
>> (#2809)
>> > * various small bugfixes in code and documentation
>> >
>> > [1] https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.5
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Peter Marko <peter.marko@siemens.com>
>> > ---
>> > .../libarchive/{libarchive_3.8.4.bb => libarchive_3.8.5.bb} | 2 +-
>> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> > rename meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/{libarchive_3.8.4.bb =>
>> libarchive_3.8.5.bb} (96%)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.8.4.bb
>> b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.8.5.bb
>> > similarity index 96%
>> > rename from meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.8.4.bb
>> > rename to meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.8.5.bb
>> > index e89638f5c6..fcfaf5d231 100644
>> > --- a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.8.4.bb
>> > +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.8.5.bb
>> > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-largefile --without-iconv"
>> > SRC_URI = "https://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${PV}.tar.gz"
>> > UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "https://www.libarchive.org/"
>> >
>> > -SRC_URI[sha256sum] =
>> "b2c75b132a0ec43274d2867221befcb425034cd038e465afbfad09911abb1abb"
>> > +SRC_URI[sha256sum] =
>> "8a60f3a7bfd59c54ce82ae805a93dba65defd04148c3333b7eaa2102f03b7ffd"
>> >
>> > inherit autotools update-alternatives pkgconfig
>> >
>>
>> After bisecting, I identified this patch to trigger errors on the
>> Autobuilder,
>> such as:
>>
>> Exception: subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'tar
>> --exclude=./sysroot-only -cf - -C
>> /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/all-poky-linux/wayland-protocols/1.47/image
>> -p -S . | tar -xf - -C
>> /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/all-poky-linux/wayland-protocols/1.47/package'
>> returned non-zero exit status 2.
>>
>> Subprocess output:
>> got *at() syscall for unknown directory, fd 4
>> unknown base path for fd 4, path share
>> couldn't allocate absolute path for 'share'.
>> tar: ./usr/share: Cannot mkdir: Bad address
>> got *at() syscall for unknown directory, fd 4
>> unknown base path for fd 4, path share
>> couldn't allocate absolute path for 'share'.
>> ...
>>
>>
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/api/v2/logs/4904276/raw_inline
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/93/builds/3005
>>
>> Full build:
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/29/builds/3034
>>
>> Can you have a look?
>>
>
> FYI, that is bug 16117 – AB-INT: do_package: Error executing a python
> function in exec_func_python() autogenerated
> https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16117
> And it is not linked to this patch (for example, I have this on whinlatter
> which does not have this patch)
>
> If you retry your build on any worker but stream9-vk-1 it should not have
> this error.

Oh ok, thanks. I was told this was limited to stream9, and since some of my
builds also failed on rocky9 and alma9, I did not make the connection.

Sorry for the false alarm, Peter.

Antonin

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Antonin Godard, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering