Bug#340849: grub: FTBFS on amd64: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy

[Otavio Salvador]

Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be> writes:

> grub is failing to build on amd64 with the following error:
> checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
> configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils

Ok.

> I've reported this ages ago to binutils:
> http://bugs.debian.org/244498

Well, this isn't a bug in grub then ;-)

> Afaik, the reason we didn't have a problem with this is that we
> had a 32 bit version of grub.  There is no reason why a 32 bit
> version shouldn't work.

I'll revert it for a while but I think you and others need to ping
binutils maintainer to have it fixed.

> This seems to have been changed by Manolo Díaz's (CC'd) request in
> #337288, and I think he should just enable ia32 emulation support
> in his kernel.

Yes. I did the change.

> I don't mind having a 64 bit version of this, but please let
> someone test that it actually works before you upload it.

Well, I sent a message to debian-devel asking for testing. Just two
people replied it. Also, if you're interested to help to maintain grub
you're welcome.

I left the package ready for a while waiting for testing and nobody
wondered to do it. I won't wait forever.

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