I've re-tested today, with the latest pkgs pulled, and with the latest kernel via git, and the problem appears resolved, so I've changed the status to "Fix Committed", although I've no idea where along the lines it was actually fixed, since I've not been doing daily tests.
** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed -- [intrepid] gas (binutils) fails to compile any recent kernel https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/246419 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs