binutils from apt caused error

Forum: Apt-get
Topic: binutils from apt caused error
started by: nickelplated

Posted by nickelplated on Oct. 15 2005,11:00

Hi. I was getting the packages make and g++ through synaptic when I encountered this error. Synapic message terminal pops up under heading "configuring binutils", telling me there's a bug in the linker with my version of binutils, then dpkg returns an error and the install doesn't finish. Is there a workaround or something?

Posted by longvy2k on Oct. 17 2005,10:07

Same thing happened to me. Both in apt and synaptic, error "1" popped up with some kind of debian dpkg error. Dont know enough to figure it out cuz I thougth apt-get was the ez thing to do?

Posted by nickelplated on Oct. 20 2005,01:33

I guess it must take a lot of effort to acknowledge a bug when people tell you about them?

Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 20 2005,16:13

Here's a thought.

Call me crazy but maybe if you write down the error message and post it, somebody here might be able to help.

Posted by nickelplated on Oct. 21 2005,00:14

Code Sample

Debian Configuration

lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu [!] Configuring Binutils tqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
x x
x Kernel link failure info x
x x
x You may experience problems linking older (and some newer) kernels with x
x this version of binutils. This is not because of a bug in the linker, x
x but rather a bug in the kernel source. This is being worked out and x
x fixed by the upstream kernel group in newer kernels, but not all of the x
x problems may have been fixed at this time. Older kernel versions will x
x almost always exhibit the problem, however, and no attempts are being x
x made to fix those that we know of. x
x x
x There are a few work-arounds, but the most reliable is to edit the x
x linker script for your architecture (e.g. arch/i386/vmlinux.lds) and x
x remove the '*(.text.exit)' entry from the 'DISCARD' line. It will x
x bloat the kernel somewhat, but it should link properly. x
x x
x <Ok> x
x x
mqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqj

Code Sample

Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 21 2005,05:53

Hmm...

According to these guys, this is only a warning message and not an error as long as you highlight the OK button and press the ENTER key.

< http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/09/msg02683.html >

Maybe you have some other dpkg error.

In fact, I just installed binutils from the command line, IE:

sudo su
apt-get install binutils

and I acknowledged the warning and it finished without a dpkg error code message.

Maybe if you type:

sudo su
apt-get --fix-broken install binutils

and see what happens.

Posted by nickelplated on Oct. 24 2005,22:35

Yeah you're right there is another error I was getting in addition to that having to do with a dependency of make:

Code Sample

Unpacking fileutils (from .../fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb) ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb (--unpack):
trying to overwrite `/bin/chgrp', which is also in package coreutils
dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb

So the binutils error is really just kinda a warning message then?

Posted by nickelplated on Oct. 25 2005,22:18

Any thoughts on how to get around this other error, by the way? Deleting /bin/chgrp didn't seem to work for me, and doing apt-get remove coreutils doesn't seem like the right thing to do either.

Posted by cbagger01 on Oct. 26 2005,16:49

Give:

sudo su
dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/fileutils_4.1-10_i386.deb

a try.