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and subject line Bug#1125715: fixed in dpkg 1.23.4
has caused the Debian Bug report #1125715,
regarding dpkg-buildflags adds branch-protection to LDFLAGS
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: diet-ng
Version: 1.8.1-3
Severity: serious
Tags: ftbfs
Justification: fails to build from source (but built successfully in the past)
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected]
User: [email protected]
Usertags: arm64
Dear maintainer,
diet-ng FTBFS on arm64:
dpkg-buildpackage: info: host architecture arm64
debian/rules clean
dh clean
dh_clean
debian/rules binary-arch
dh binary-arch
dh_update_autotools_config -a
dh_autoreconf -a
dh_auto_configure -a
cd obj-aarch64-linux-gnu && DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT=deb
LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 meson setup .. --wrap-mode=nodownload --buildtype=plain
--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
--libdir=lib/aarch64-linux-gnu -Dpython.bytecompile=-1
The Meson build system
Version: 1.10.0
Source dir: /build/reproducible-path/diet-ng-1.8.1
Build dir: /build/reproducible-path/diet-ng-1.8.1/obj-aarch64-linux-gnu
Build type: native build
Project name: Diet-NG
Project version: 1.8.1
../meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unable to detect linker for compiler `ldc2
-L=--version /tmp/tmpp57y3ut8.d -L=-z -L=relro -mbranch-protection=standard
-release -wi -g -O2`
stdout:
stderr: ldc2: Unknown command line argument '-mbranch-protection=standard'.
Try: 'ldc2 --help'
ldc2: Did you mean '--fcf-protection=standard'?
A full log can be found at
/build/reproducible-path/diet-ng-1.8.1/obj-aarch64-linux-gnu/meson-logs/meson-log.txt
cd obj-aarch64-linux-gnu && tail -v -n \+0 meson-logs/meson-log.txt
==> meson-logs/meson-log.txt <==
Build started at 2026-01-16T14:44:05.425336
Main binary: /usr/bin/python3
Build Options: -Dpython.bytecompile=-1 -Dprefix=/usr
-Dlibdir=lib/aarch64-linux-gnu -Dlocalstatedir=/var -Dsysconfdir=/etc
-Dbuildtype=plain -Dwrap_mode=nodownload
Python system: Linux
The Meson build system
Version: 1.10.0
Source dir: /build/reproducible-path/diet-ng-1.8.1
Build dir: /build/reproducible-path/diet-ng-1.8.1/obj-aarch64-linux-gnu
Build type: native build
Project name: Diet-NG
Project version: 1.8.1
-----------
Detecting compiler via: `cc --version` -> 0
stdout:
cc (Debian 15.2.0-12) 15.2.0
Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-----------
Running command: -cpp -x c -E -dM -
-----
-----------
Detecting linker via: `cc -Wl,--version -Wl,-z,relro
-mbranch-protection=standard -g -O2 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
-ffile-prefix-map=/build/reproducible-path/diet-ng-1.8.1=.
-fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat
-Werror=format-security -mbranch-protection=standard -Wdate-time
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2` -> 0
stdout:
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.45.50.20251209
Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License version 3 or (at your option) a later version.
This program has absolutely no warranty.
-----------
stderr:
collect2 version 15.2.0
/usr/bin/ld -plugin /usr/libexec/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/liblto_plugin.so
-plugin-opt=/usr/libexec/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/lto-wrapper
-plugin-opt=-fresolution=/tmp/ccYQlso4.res -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc
-plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc_s -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lc
-plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc -plugin-opt=-pass-through=-lgcc_s --build-id
--eh-frame-hdr --hash-style=gnu --as-needed -dynamic-linker
/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1 -X -EL -maarch64linux --fix-cortex-a53-843419 -pie
/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/Scrt1.o
/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/crti.o
/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/crtbeginS.o
-L/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15
-L/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/../../../aarch64-linux-gnu
-L/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/../../../../lib -L/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu
-L/lib/../lib -L/usr/lib/aarch64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/../lib
-L/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/../../.. -L/lib -L/usr/lib --version -z
relro -lgcc --push-state --as-needed -lgcc_s --pop-state -lc -lgcc --push-state
--as-needed -lgcc_s --pop-state /usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/crtendS.o
/usr/lib/gcc/aarch64-linux-gnu/15/../../../aarch64-linux-gnu/crtn.o
-----------
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Detecting linker via: `ldc2 -L=--version /tmp/tmpp57y3ut8.d -L=-z -L=relro
-mbranch-protection=standard -release -wi -g -O2` -> 1
stderr:
ldc2: Unknown command line argument '-mbranch-protection=standard'. Try: 'ldc2
--help'
ldc2: Did you mean '--fcf-protection=standard'?
-----------
../meson.build:1:0: ERROR: Unable to detect linker for compiler `ldc2
-L=--version /tmp/tmpp57y3ut8.d -L=-z -L=relro -mbranch-protection=standard
-release -wi -g -O2`
stdout:
stderr: ldc2: Unknown command line argument '-mbranch-protection=standard'.
Try: 'ldc2 --help'
ldc2: Did you mean '--fcf-protection=standard'?
dh_auto_configure: error: cd obj-aarch64-linux-gnu &&
DEB_PYTHON_INSTALL_LAYOUT=deb LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 meson setup ..
--wrap-mode=nodownload --buildtype=plain --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
--localstatedir=/var --libdir=lib/aarch64-linux-gnu -Dpython.bytecompile=-1
returned exit code 1
make: *** [debian/rules:8: binary-arch] Error 25
See
https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=diet-ng&arch=arm64&ver=1.8.1-3%2Bb6&stamp=1768574647&raw=0
Cheers
--
Sebastian Ramacher
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: dpkg
Source-Version: 1.23.4
Done: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dpkg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Guillem Jover <[email protected]> (supplier of updated dpkg package)
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Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:29:23 +0100
Source: dpkg
Architecture: source
Version: 1.23.4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Closes: 615940 1124138 1124412 1124439 1124636 1124643 1125128 1125323 1125463
1125465 1125466 1125715 1125722
Changes:
dpkg (1.23.4) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Guillem Jover ]
* Revert "Dpkg::Vendor: Add branch hardening flags to LDFLAGS".
Closes: #1125323, #1125715
* start-stop-daemon: Check for invalid combinations of --notify-await
options. Closes: #1124643
* dpkg: Fix typo for «metadata» in error message. Closes: #1125128
* scripts: Parse and validate Maintainer and Uploaders email addresses.
* dpkg-source: Warn when the Uploaders field contains the Maintainer.
* Perl modules:
- Dpkg::BuildProfiles: Remove the parser workaround now that dh-exec is
fixed.
- Dpkg::Shlibs::Symbol: Emit a warning for the deprecated wildcard syntax.
Closes: #1125722
- Dpkg::Source::Package::V2: Switch generated patch to be git formatted.
- Dpkg::Source::Package::V2: Print Bug-<Vendor> in patch template instead
of vendor specific ones.
- Dpkg::Email::Address: New module.
- Dpkg::Control::FieldsCore: Add new email address field parsing functions.
- Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Refactor metavariable substitution into a
function.
- Dpkg::Shlibs::SymbolFile: Add support for #CURVER#. Closes: #615940
* Documentation:
- dpkg-buildflags(1): Clarify that LDFLAGS are not safe for direct ld(1)
use. See #1125323.
- start-stop-daemon(8): Clarify relationship between --notify-await and
--background. See #1124643.
- man: Refactor explanation about deb-symbols metavariables.
* Code internals:
- dselect: Mark keybindings methods only accessing static members as
static.
- dpkg-deb: Reduce pid variable scope.
- libcompat: Define __has_attribute() if not already defined in gettext.h.
* Packaging:
- Bump Standards-Version to 4.7.3 (no changes needed).
* Test suite:
- Undefine _LIBC for cppcheck.
- Update cppcheck suppressions for 2.19.0.
* Localization:
- Update Dutch translations.
Thanks to Frans Spiesschaert <[email protected]>.
Closes: #1125463, #1125465, #1125466
- Update Portuguese translations.
Thanks to Américo Monteiro <[email protected]>.
Closes: #1124138, #1124412, #1124439, #1124636
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