FS#72877 - [mkinitcpio] add binutils to (opt)depends for UEFI image creation
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Opened by Chih-Hsuan Yen (yan12125) - Monday, 29 November 2021, 15:24 GMT
Last edited by Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini) - Friday, 03 December 2021, 10:10 GMT
Opened by Chih-Hsuan Yen (yan12125) - Monday, 29 November 2021, 15:24 GMT
Last edited by Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini) - Friday, 03 December 2021, 10:10 GMT
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Description:
The UEFI image creation feature in mkinitcpio v31 uses objcopy from binutils, which is part of base-devel but not base. IMO binutils should be added as an (opt)depends of mkinitcpio. Additional info: * testing/mkinitcpio 31-1 * The line that calls objcopy: https://github.com/archlinux/mkinitcpio/blob/v31/mkinitcpio#L343 Steps to reproduce: * Install mkinitcpio but not binutils * Configure UEFI image creation. For example, I use linux-lts with the following preset as /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: ALL_config="/etc/mkinitcpio.conf" ALL_kver="/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts" ALL_microcode=(/boot/*-ucode.img) PRESETS=('default') default_image="/boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img" default_efi_image="/boot/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi" * Create the UEFI image $ sudo mkinitcpio -p linux-lts ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-lts.preset: 'default' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img -U /boot/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi --microcode /boot/intel-ucode.img ==> Starting build: 5.10.82-1-lts -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [autodetect] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci -> Running build hook: [encrypt] -> Running build hook: [filesystems] -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [fsck] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img ==> Image generation successful ==> Creating UEFI executable: /boot/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efi -> Using UEFI stub: /usr/lib/systemd/boot/efi/linuxx64.efi.stub -> Using kernel image: /lib/modules/5.10.82-1-lts/vmlinuz -> Using cmdline file: /etc/kernel/cmdline -> Using os-release file: /etc/os-release -> Using microcode image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /usr/bin/mkinitcpio: line 344: objcopy: command not found ==> ERROR: UEFI executable generation FAILED |
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Closed by Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini)
Friday, 03 December 2021, 10:10 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: mkinitcpio-31-2 fixes this.
Friday, 03 December 2021, 10:10 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: mkinitcpio-31-2 fixes this.
Comment by
Giancarlo Razzolini (grazzolini) -
Friday, 03 December 2021, 10:00 GMT
Actually it should be part of depends.