seen with a webkit-1.91 build on x86_64-linux-gnu, works with 2.22 from the release branch, fails with the 2.23 branch and trunk. ar: .libs/libWebCore.a: File truncated make[1]: *** [libWebCore.la] Error 1 to reproduce with the tarball from http://people.debian.org/~doko/tmp/build.tar.xz mkdir -p .libs rm -f .libs/libWebCore.a sh ar.sh
You're running into archive.c:2661 /* Catch an attempt to grow an archive past its 4Gb limit. */ if (archive_member_file_ptr != (file_ptr) offset) { bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_truncated); return FALSE; } if (!bfd_write_bigendian_4byte_int (arch, offset)) return FALSE; Previous versions of binutils created invalid armaps. We can't do much about this problem without changing archive format for x86_64. I suppose that is a possibility. If you just want an archive for packaging purposes as distinct from using the archive as a linker input, then you can work around this problem by disabling the armap with ar's S option. I'm closing this bug report as invalid since the archive format simply doesn't support such large archives. Please take any discussion (patches!) regarding changing archive format to the binutils list.
The master branch has been updated by H.J. Lu <hjl@sourceware.org>: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=e6cc316af931911da20249e19f9342e5cf8aeeff commit e6cc316af931911da20249e19f9342e5cf8aeeff Author: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> Date: Wed May 25 09:46:47 2016 -0700 Enable 64-bit archives in ar and ranlib Since existing ld and gold support the 64-bit (MIPS) ELF archives, we can use the 64-bit (MIPS) ELF archives as 64-bit archives. Since the plugin target is used to create archive in plugin-enabled ar, we need a way to enable 64-bit archives in the plugin target. This patch adds --enable-64-bit-archive to bfd to force 64-bit archives in ar and ranlib. Since both 64-bit MIPS and s390 ELF targets currently use 64-bit archives, 64-bit archives are enabled by default for them. 64-bit archive is generated automatically if the archive is too big. Tested on Linux/x86 and Linux/x86-64 with existing ld and gold. bfd/ PR binutils/14625 * archive.c (bfd_slurp_armap): Replace bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap with _bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap. (bsd_write_armap): Call _bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap if BFD64 is defined and the archive is too big. (coff_write_armap): Likewise. * archive64.c (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Renamed to ... (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): This. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Renamed to ... (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap): This. * configure.ac: Add --enable-64-bit-archive. (want_64_bit_archive): New. Set to true by default for 64-bit MIPS and s390 ELF targets. (USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE): New AC_DEFINE. * config.in: Regenerated. * configure: Likewise. * elf64-mips.c (bfd_elf64_archive_functions): Removed. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_truncate_arname): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_read_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_get_elt_at_index): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise. * elf64-s390.c (bfd_elf64_archive_functions): Removed. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_armap): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_truncate_arname): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_read_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_write_ar_hdr): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_get_elt_at_index): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise. (bfd_elf64_archive_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise. * elfxx-target.h (TARGET_BIG_SYM): Use _bfd_archive_64_bit on BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE if USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE is defined and bfd_elfNN_archive_functions isn't defined. (TARGET_LITTLE_SYM): Likewise. * libbfd-in.h (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_armap): New prototype. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_armap): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_slurp_extended_name_table): New macro. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_construct_extended_name_table): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_truncate_arname): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_read_ar_hdr): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_write_ar_hdr): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_openr_next_archived_file): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_get_elt_at_index): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_generic_stat_arch_elt): Likewise. (_bfd_archive_64_bit_update_armap_timestamp): Likewise. * libbfd.h: Regenerated. * plugin.c (plugin_vec): Use _bfd_archive_64_bit on BFD_JUMP_TABLE_ARCHIVE if USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE is defined. binutils/ PR binutils/14625 * NEWS: Mention --enable-64-bit-archive.
Reopened.
Fixed for 2.27.
The master branch has been updated by Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=865422fafaf387745b2979d47b6f448d28e0edb8 commit 865422fafaf387745b2979d47b6f448d28e0edb8 Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> Date: Thu Dec 22 13:12:07 2016 +1030 hppa-linux-gnu-ranlib: libcpp.a: File format not recognized This stops an --enable-targets selection affecting the main target in regards to forcing 64-bit archives. It also means mips64 and s390x will revert to binutils-2.25 and binutils-2.26 behaviour of not forcing 64-bit archives at least in the common case when plugins were enabled. PR binutils/20464 PR binutils/14625 * configure.ac: Revert 2016-05-25 configure change setting want_64_bit_archive for mips64 and s390x. Revise USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE description. * configure: Regenerate. * config.in: Regenerate.
The binutils-2_28-branch branch has been updated by Alan Modra <amodra@sourceware.org>: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=c525439b57708cbf0871ebd9a81be5d6016a144b commit c525439b57708cbf0871ebd9a81be5d6016a144b Author: Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> Date: Thu Dec 22 13:12:07 2016 +1030 hppa-linux-gnu-ranlib: libcpp.a: File format not recognized This stops an --enable-targets selection affecting the main target in regards to forcing 64-bit archives. It also means mips64 and s390x will revert to binutils-2.25 and binutils-2.26 behaviour of not forcing 64-bit archives at least in the common case when plugins were enabled. PR binutils/20464 PR binutils/14625 * configure.ac: Revert 2016-05-25 configure change setting want_64_bit_archive for mips64 and s390x. Revise USE_64_BIT_ARCHIVE description. * configure: Regenerate. * config.in: Regenerate.