Bug#920286: gcc-8: Missing conflict/break with binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu:i386 can lead to broken compiler

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#920286: gcc-8: Missing conflict/break with binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu:i386 can lead to broken compiler
Date	2019-03-20 02:10 +0100
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On Tue, 2019-03-19 at 15:41 +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote:
[...]
> src:linux Build-Depends binutils-<triplet>. The binutils patch will
> render these dependencies cross-unsatisfiable. They will need to be
> switched to binutils-for-host or annotated with :any (after checking
> that it doesn't use plugins). Maintainers Cced.

We only do that for hppa, as the standard gcc-8 & binutils packages
only support 32-bit code and we need to build 64-bit kernels there.  We
don't use plugins for binutils.

Ben.

> So the attached patch will break cross building of gcc and linux.  It
> won't break any native stuff and it'll fix the bug at hand.
> 
> Helmut
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Bug#920286: gcc-8: Missing conflict/break with binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu:i386 can lead to broken compiler Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2019-03-19 15:50 +0100
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