Bug 671618

Summary:	sys-apps/systemd[gnuefi] broken systemd-boot EFI boot manager with ld.gold linker
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) <dev-zero>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo systemd Team <systemd>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Tiziano Müller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-11-21 09:05:46 UTC

Building systemd with USE="gnuefi" and using ld.gold as the default linker leads to a broken systemd-bootx64.efi:
instead of showing the bootmenu after being loaded by the EFI, the screen stays black and the system hangs forever.
Building systemd and thus the EFI payload with ld.bfd instead results in a fully functional systemd-bootx64.efi/systemd-boot EFI boot manager.

Luckily, once the payload is installed, it has to be manually upgraded via `bootctl update` which prevents accidental breakages due to reinstallation of systemd with ld.gold.

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2020-02-23 17:34:07 UTC

If this is still a problem, please report it upstream.