As reported to Cygwin in https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2018-06/msg00271.html On Jun 25 14:08, Michael Haubenwallner wrote: > Hi, > > I'm encountering a package's configure script (openssh-7.7p1) that > successfully tests for the compiler flag "-mfunction-return=thunk", > which causes subsequent linker errors (and fails to identify zlib): > relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_32S against `.text' > > The compiler used is gcc-7.3.0 with binutils-2.29.1.20171006 (current), > and the easiest test case here is: > > $ echo 'int main() { return 0; }' > conftest.c > $ gcc -mfunction-return=thunk conftest.c > /tmp/ccv1Ird0.o:conftest.c:(.text+0x1a): relocation truncated to fit: R_X86_64_32S against `.text' > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > > Not sure though where to finally report this problem: > * openssh, as they should do a link-test rather than compile-test > * gcc, as their generated code is wrong for cygwin > * binutils, as their ld is unable to link that code > * cygwin, as the maintainers of cygwin support in binutils+gcc > > After all, openssh-7.7p1-1.src cygwin package currently fails to compile. configure with --without-hardening for the time being. Corinna
Created attachment 537268 [details, diff] proposed patch for net-misc/openssh ebuild
@maintainer: are you ok with haubi's patch? can we apply it?
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=03a41c5401c51ae7c55adb8b4de3d58f0d3dbb58 commit 03a41c5401c51ae7c55adb8b4de3d58f0d3dbb58 Author: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-08-24 12:07:58 +0000 Commit: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-08-24 12:07:58 +0000 net-misc/openssh: set "--without-hardening" for Cygwin Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/659210 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.48, Repoman-2.3.10 net-misc/openssh/openssh-7.7_p1-r9.ebuild | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
