[Pkg-pascal-devel] armhf ABI flag problems with fpc-built binaries

[Paul Gevers]

Hi Steve,

Would this be similar or related to bug 695547¹? I expect it is best to
follow up there if so (including appending the report below, so we
connect the pieces properly).

Paul

¹ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=695547


On 09-06-16 19:55, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm one of the ARM porters, and I've recently run a scan of binaries
> in the archive to check on the state of the binaries for armel and
> armhf. As part of the ARM ABI, binaries (libraries and programs) are
> expected to specify ELF flags to specify whether they're using the
> hard-float or soft-float ABI (if they care specifically - some
> don't). I've found a few fpc-using packages (both under your
> maintenance and not) that appear to get this wrong, which suggests
> that there might be a toolchain issue here in fpc and friends. My
> scanner is telling me that the following armhf packages are broken:
> 
> doublecmd-plugins_0.7.1-2_armhf.deb        hf_flags_wrong:6
> fp-compiler-3.0.0_3.0.0+dfsg-4_armhf.deb   hf_flags_wrong:4
> fp-ide-3.0.0_3.0.0+dfsg-4_armhf.deb        hf_flags_wrong:1
> fp-utils-3.0.0_3.0.0+dfsg-4_armhf.deb      hf_flags_wrong:28 no_hf_flags:2
> gearhead_1.300-1_armhf.deb                 hf_flags_wrong:1
> pasdoc_0.14.0-1_armhf.deb                  hf_flags_wrong:1
> 
> "hf_flags_wrong" here means that the package is targeting armhf, but
> binaries within it claim to use the soft-float ABI. "no_hf_flags" is
> the number of binaries that have no ABI float flags attached. To see
> for yourself, you can use "readelf --file-header" to inspect the flags
> on binaries - look for
> 
>   Flags:       0x5000202, has entry point, Version5 EABI, soft-float ABI
> 
> etc. armhf binaries should show
> 
>   Flags:       0x5000402, has entry point, Version5 EABI, hard-float ABI
> 
> instead. I'm not sure exactly where fpc would be setting flags like
> this (if anywhere) or if it's calling binutils incorrectly maybe. Can
> anybody help me dig into this please?
> 
> (See the attached list for details of the broken files.)
> 
> 
> 
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