binutils 2.41 -> 2.42

[silvanshade]

Description of changes

This PR updates binutils to version 2.42.

I removed two patches:

• gold-powerpc-for-llvm.patch: seems to be applied upstream
• 0001-libtool.m4-update-macos-version-detection-block.patch: doesn't apply; not clear if it's still needed

Things done

• Built on platform(s)
  • x86_64-linux
  • aarch64-linux
  • x86_64-darwin
  • aarch64-darwin
• For non-Linux: Is sandboxing enabled in nix.conf? (See Nix manual)
  • sandbox = relaxed
  • sandbox = true
• Tested, as applicable:
  • NixOS test(s) (look inside nixos/tests)
  • and/or package tests
  • or, for functions and "core" functionality, tests in lib/tests or pkgs/test
  • made sure NixOS tests are linked to the relevant packages
• Tested compilation of all packages that depend on this change using nix-shell -p nixpkgs-review --run "nixpkgs-review rev HEAD". Note: all changes have to be committed, also see nixpkgs-review usage
• Tested basic functionality of all binary files (usually in ./result/bin/)
• 24.05 Release Notes (or backporting 23.05 and 23.11 Release notes)
  • (Package updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is major or breaking
  • (Module updates) Added a release notes entry if the change is significant
  • (Module addition) Added a release notes entry if adding a new NixOS module
• Fits CONTRIBUTING.md.

@Ericson2314 @lovesegfault

[skeuchel]

This should target the staging branch because of the mass rebuild.

[skeuchel]

The previous PR mentions a couple of needed fixes for 2.42 #283732 (comment).

[skeuchel]

Could you rebase the PR by following the instructions in the CONTRIBUTING.md.

I built a bunch of packages and a couple failed:

• kexec-tools: fix is in upstream repo and will be included in the next release.
• python311Packages.curio: This is a new one. Has already been reported upstream.

[silvanshade]

Could you rebase the PR by following the instructions in the CONTRIBUTING.md.

Okay, I think I changed it to the way it was described. Let me know if there's still something else that needs to be changed with that.

[JohnRTitor]

It's still marked as draft @silvanshade perhaps you want to change that. Draft PRs can not be merged.

[lovesegfault]

cc. @trofi

[trofi]

Looking at #283732 (comment) nixpkgs still needs at least two prerequisites:

• valgrind fix. Version update might do: valgrind: 3.22.0 -> 3.23.0 #309109
• kexec-tools upstream fix to pull into nixpkgs: kexec-tools: pull upstream fix for binutils-2.42 #312313

[trofi]

Proposed kexec-tools fix as #312313

[lovesegfault]

I'm going to wait for both of the prereqs to land in master, then kick off a mass build and see what happens :)

[JohnRTitor]

I'm going to wait for both of the prereqs to land in master, then kick off a mass build and see what happens :)

Those PRs are still in staging-next. But I think we can rebase this PR to the latest staging.

@silvanshade

[lovesegfault]

Rebased, kicking off the build

[lovesegfault]

Result of nixpkgs-review pr 304035 run on x86_64-linux 1

16 packages built:

• clang
• gcc
• gcc.info (gcc.info.info ,gcc.info.man)
• gcc.man (gcc.man.info ,gcc.man.man)
• linux
• linux.dev (linux.dev.dev)
• nix
• nix.debug (nix.debug.debug ,nix.debug.dev ,nix.debug.doc ,nix.debug.man)
• nix.dev (nix.dev.debug ,nix.dev.dev ,nix.dev.doc ,nix.dev.man)
• nix.doc (nix.doc.debug ,nix.doc.dev ,nix.doc.doc ,nix.doc.man)
• nix.man (nix.man.debug ,nix.man.dev ,nix.man.doc ,nix.man.man)
• python3
• python3.debug (python3.debug.debug)
• rustc
• rustc.doc (rustc.doc.doc ,rustc.doc.man)
• rustc.man (rustc.man.doc ,rustc.man.man)

[lovesegfault]

I'm going to try building up to the installer ISO now.

[lovesegfault]

Okay, I cherry-picked this branch on top of nixos-unstable and did:

$ nix build --keep-going -f nixos/release-combined.nix nixos.iso_gnome.x86_64-linux

Here is what I got:

/nix/store/h7p838lx3ys6z4ywdklqlgv8fswvrrbl-nixos-gnome-24.11pre56789.gfedcba-x86_64-linux.iso

I have uploaded it to https://binutils.cachix.org and pinned it: https://app.cachix.org/api/v1/cache/binutils/serve/h7p838lx3ys6z4ywdklqlgv8fswvrrbl/iso/nixos-gnome-24.11pre56789.gfedcba-x86_64-linux.iso

If someone wants to try booting that into a VM, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to build the AArch64 image now

[lovesegfault]

Alright, the aarch64-linux build was successful, I've pushed it to cachix and pinned it: https://app.cachix.org/api/v1/cache/binutils/serve/bhgrm272wfmgdgfjf7i81njb3n6lwwy8/iso/nixos-gnome-24.11pre56789.gfedcba-aarch64-linux.iso

[lovesegfault]

Fingers crossed!

[trofi]

Thanks all!