Bug 879067 – x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6[debug]: ERROR: Problem encountered: symbol lookup via bfd was enabled via options but is not available (bfd might be too old) (sys-libs/binutils-libs installs a "broken" bfd.h)

• Status: CONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description John Helmert III 2022-11-01 19:19:36 UTC]

Created attachment 826509 [details]
build.log

Relevant bit of build.log:

Checking if "bfd_section_flags" with dependency -lbfd: links: NO

../cairo-1.17.6/meson.build:724:2: ERROR: Problem encountered: symbol lookup via bfd was enabled via options but is not available (bfd might be too old)

build.log and meson-log.txt attached.

Portage 3.0.38.1 (python 3.10.8-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1/systemd/merged-usr, gcc-12, glibc-2.36-r5, 5.15.74-gentoo-dist-hardened x86_64)
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Timestamp of repository gentoo: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 18:02:04 +0000
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Head commit of repository ajak: 6624cefa9ecf7c948ba90c754df91fa50c67aa1a

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sh bash 5.1_p16-r2
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ccache version 4.7.2 [disabled]
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sys-apps/systemd:          252::gentoo
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sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.4.1::gentoo
sys-devel/clang:           14.0.6-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:             11.3.1_p20221007::gentoo, 12.2.1_p20221008::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:      2.8::gentoo
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sys-devel/llvm:            14.0.6-r2::gentoo
sys-devel/make:            4.4::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers:  6.0::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:            2.36-r5::gentoo
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gentoo
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ajak
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guru
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musl
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pentoo
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CFLAGS="-march=znver1 -O2 -pipe"
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[Comment 1 John Helmert III 2022-11-01 19:20:02 UTC]

Created attachment 826511 [details]
meson-log.txt

[Comment 2 Sam James 2022-11-02 04:10:46 UTC]

```
Compiler stderr:
 In file included from /usr/include/bfd.h:13,
                 from /var/tmp/portage/x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6/work/cairo-1.17.6/meson-cc-tests/bfd-section-flags.c:1:
/usr/include/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bfd.h:35:2: error: #error config.h must be included before this header
   35 | #error config.h must be included before this header
      |  ^~~~~

Checking if "bfd_section_flags" with dependency -lbfd: links: NO 
```

Indeed, in /usr/include/i686-pc-linux-gnu/bfd.h:
```
[...]
/* PR 14072: Ensure that config.h is included first.  */
#if !defined PACKAGE && !defined PACKAGE_VERSION
#error config.h must be included before this header
#endif
[...]
```

[Comment 3 Sam James 2022-11-02 04:13:26 UTC]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14243 is the really telling one.

[Comment 4 Edgar Dragon 2022-12-17 03:49:46 UTC]

I need to package.mask x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6 due this issue. Only x11-libs/cairo-1.16.0-r6 builds. I suggest unstabling x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6.

[Comment 5 Sam James 2022-12-17 04:40:40 UTC]

(In reply to Edgar Dragon from comment #4)
> I need to package.mask x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6 due this issue. Only
> x11-libs/cairo-1.16.0-r6 builds. I suggest unstabling x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6.

Or just disable USE=debug.

[Comment 6 Larry the Git Cow 2022-12-17 04:46:19 UTC]

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=404f391b6a35da78f94c7c739ac20b9ecb460e23

commit 404f391b6a35da78f94c7c739ac20b9ecb460e23
Author:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2022-12-17 04:45:49 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2022-12-17 04:45:49 +0000

    profiles/base: mask >=x11-libs/cairo-1.17.6[debug]
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/879067
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

 profiles/base/package.use.mask | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

[Comment 7 Sam James 2024-01-23 06:26:47 UTC]

Fedora just patches it out: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/binutils/blob/f39/f/binutils-no-config-h-check.patch