Bug#807170: libQtUiTools.a(quiloader.o): unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.text'

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic@xs4all.nl>]

Hi Aurelien,

On 10-12-15 18:53, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2015-12-06 13:47, Bas Couwenberg wrote:
>> As reported in #806324 qgis FTBFS with a relocation error that seems to
>> be caused by libQtUiTools.a from libqt4-dev:
>>
>>  /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/libQtUiTools.a(quiloader.o):
>>  unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.text'
>>
>> Strangely it only affects testing, but not the same version in unstable.
>>
>> I hoped this was fixed with libqt4-dev (4:4.8.7+dfsg-5) that migrated to
>> testing today, but unfortunately the issue persists.
>>
>> Can you confirm that this is an issue with the static libQtUiTools.a
>> library on testing?
> 
> The problem is just that libQtUiTools.a has been built with the binutils
> from unstable, which introduce new relocation types. The .o object files
> (and thus static libraries) generated by binutils from unstable
> therefore can't be processed by the one from testing.

Thank for this explanation. If I understand correctly this issue should
be resolved when binutils (2.25.90.20151209-1) migrates to testing,
which should happen in 5 days unless something block it.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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