Ubuntu
binutils package

provide unpatches sources in binutils-source package

Bug #612580 reported by Marcin Juszkiewicz
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: binutils

During build of binutils there are several patches applied. Then binutils-source binary package is created - with patches sources and patches as separate files.

The problem appears when I try to build cross binutils using data from binutils-source package - it fails on patching...

Tags: patch
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Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw) wrote :
tags: added: patch
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Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw) wrote :

revision 75 in linked branch fixes it

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

hmm, this seems like a hack. having to fix something in the binary target, you restart the build ...

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Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw) wrote :

Worth checking with one line added to "unpatch" target: "rm -f patch-stamp" like it is done in eglibc.

All configure-*-stamps depend on 'patch-stamp' so it should be safe with this.

I tested my patch with native and cross builds of binutils. During build first step is "clean" which depends on "unpatch" so when you fix something in 'binary' target then rebuild does unpatching anyway.

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Marcin Juszkiewicz (hrw) wrote :

It got resolved in other way.

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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