Bug 722032

Summary:	app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo fails to compile: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as: invalid option -- 'A'
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Rick Farina (Zero_Chaos) <zerochaos>
Status:	RESOLVED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal	CC:	fordfrog, sam
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	build.log

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2020-05-10 08:29:20 UTC

This is an auto-filled bug because app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo fails to compile.
The issue was originally discovered on amd64, but it may be reproducible on other arches as well.
If you think that a different summary clarifies the issue better, feel free to change it.
Attached build log and emerge --info.

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2020-05-10 08:29:28 UTC

Created attachment 637440 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

Comment 2 Miroslav Šulc gentoo-dev

2020-10-02 08:22:57 UTC

here is the actual error

x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as -DAC_BUILT -m64  -DARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN=1  -mavx2 -DJOHN_AVX2 -c -fopenmp   x86-64.S
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-as: invalid option -- 'A'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1599: x86-64.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[1]: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo-1.9.0/work/john-1.9.0-jumbo-1/src'
make: *** [Makefile:190: default] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/var/tmp/portage/app-crypt/johntheripper-jumbo-1.9.0/work/john-1.9.0-jumbo-1/src'

Comment 3 Sam James archtester

2021-12-03 03:33:19 UTC

Not sure I get what's going on here. Fails if I set ASFLAGS but not in the same way. Possibly fixed upstream since.