Subject: [bug#47615] [PATCH v2 04/12] gnu: binutils: Fix bug in test suite in libiberty.

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:59:17 +0300

* gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils)[source]: Add patch.
* gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it.
---
 gnu/local.mk                                  |  1 +
 gnu/packages/base.scm                         |  3 +-
 .../binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch   | 36 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch

Completely rewritten. I reported the bug upstream to binutils and after
some testing it was determined to be an actual bug in libiberty's test
suite affecting big-endian systems. I've tested this on x86_64 and saw
no issues with it.

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index f9996e6fa1..23b768871c 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/biber-sortinithash.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/bidiv-update-fribidi.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-boot-2.20.1a.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-loongson-workaround.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-mingw-w64-timestamp.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/binutils-mingw-w64-deterministic.patch	\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index ee1ab1bcad..3dd4f2d0be 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -507,7 +507,8 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
             (sha256
              (base32
               "18ypqr5y48vxqg9mkz1c47798jp1xb1d4vfpmfq8vkihkvkx4jsv"))
-            (patches (search-patches "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
+            (patches (search-patches "binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch"
+                                     "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
    ;; TODO: Add dependency on zlib + those for Gold.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6c82f704e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-libiberty-endianness-bug.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+This patch fixes a bug exposed when running the libiberty test suite on
+big-endian machines.
+
+Original bug report:
+https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27751
+Follow-ups:
+https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=100177
+https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2021-April/568314.html
+
+---
+ libiberty/rust-demangle.c | 9 ++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libiberty/rust-demangle.c b/libiberty/rust-demangle.c
+index 6fd8f6a4db0..848563fa3c3 100644
+--- a/libiberty/rust-demangle.c
++++ b/libiberty/rust-demangle.c
+@@ -1253,9 +1253,12 @@ demangle_const_char (struct rust_demangler *rdm)
+   else if (value == '\n')
+     PRINT ("\\n");
+   else if (value > ' ' && value < '~')
+-    /* Rust also considers many non-ASCII codepoints to be printable, but
+-       that logic is not easily ported to C. */
+-    print_str (rdm, (char *) &value, 1);
++    {
++      /* Rust also considers many non-ASCII codepoints to be printable, but
++      that logic is not easily ported to C. */
++      char c = value;
++      print_str (rdm, &c, 1);
++    }
+   else
+     {
+       PRINT ("\\u{");
+-- 
+2.31.1
+
-- 
2.31.1