Bug 709776 – dev-lang/perf-5.4.7 with sys-libs/binutils-libs-2.34 - .../work/linux-5.4/tools/perf/util/srcline.c:200: undefined reference to `bfd_get_section_flags'

• Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description WANG Xuerui 2020-02-16 07:52:37 UTC]

perf makes use of `bfd_get_section_vma` and friends which got renamed in binutils-2.34. Hence link failures after upgrading world.

#707898 tracks this. Needs backporting to older perf versions as well.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -1 '>=sys-devel/binutils-libs-2.34'
2. emerge dev-util/perf
Actual Results:  
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: perf-in.o: in function `find_address_in_section':
/tmp/portage/dev-util/perf-5.4.7/work/linux-5.4/tools/perf/util/srcline.c:200: undefined reference to `bfd_get_section_flags'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /tmp/portage/dev-util/perf-5.4.7/work/linux-5.4/tools/perf/util/srcline.c:204: undefined reference to `bfd_get_section_vma'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/9.2.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /tmp/portage/dev-util/perf-5.4.7/work/linux-5.4/tools/perf/util/srcline.c:205: undefined reference to `bfd_get_section_size'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:609: perf] Error 1

Expected Results:  
Software installs successfully.

[Comment 1 WANG Xuerui 2022-01-22 17:20:25 UTC]

Problematic version of perf is long gone.