Public bug reported: Backported go-1.13 came with issues with zlib.
In some projects i see link errors: golang.org/x/crypto/openpgp/packet.(*Compressed).parse: relocation target compress/zlib.NewReaderDict not defined github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/packfile.NewEncoder: relocation target compress/zlib.NewWriterLevelDict not defined github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/packfile.(*Encoder).entry: relocation target compress/zlib.(*Writer).Reset not defined github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/format/packfile.(*Scanner).copyObject: relocation target type.compress/zlib.Resetter not defined ... also reported in https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/osconfig/issues/279 and compiling a trivial program (example from compress/zlib reference) causes crash during linking: root@a6a24cdee4e3:/src/qqq# cat go.mod module github.com/foo/baz go 1.13 root@a6a24cdee4e3:/src/qqq# cat main.go package main import ( "bytes" "compress/zlib" ) func main() { var b bytes.Buffer w := zlib.NewWriter(&b) w.Write([]byte("hello, world\n")) w.Close() } root@a6a24cdee4e3:/src/qqq# go version go version go1.13.8 linux/amd64 root@a6a24cdee4e3:/src/qqq# cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS" root@a6a24cdee4e3:/src/qqq# go build -v # github.com/foo/baz panic: runtime error: index out of range [23] with length 0 goroutine 1 [running]: cmd/link/internal/ld.decodetypeKind(...) /usr/lib/go-1.13/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/decodesym.go:69 cmd/link/internal/ld.newtype(0xc0006f4000, 0xc0007146e0, 0xc000618e68) /usr/lib/go-1.13/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go:424 +0x29e1 cmd/link/internal/ld.defgotype(0xc0006f4000, 0xc0007146e0, 0x1a) /usr/lib/go-1.13/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go:419 +0x1c8 cmd/link/internal/ld.dwarfGenerateDebugInfo(0xc0006f4000) /usr/lib/go-1.13/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/dwarf.go:1900 +0x91c cmd/link/internal/ld.Main(0x84cdc0, 0x10, 0x20, 0x1, 0x7, 0x10, 0x69ac6f, 0x1b, 0x697756, 0x14, ...) /usr/lib/go-1.13/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/main.go:212 +0xb92 main.main() /usr/lib/go-1.13/src/cmd/link/main.go:65 +0x1d6 ** Affects: golang-1.13 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1913852 Title: zLib link failures on Xenial To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-1.13/+bug/1913852/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs