binary compressor "upx" doesn't understand armhf

Bug #1077467 reported by TitusX
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UPX
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Unknown
ubuntu-nexus7
Invalid
Low
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Bug Description

Maybe not very important, but this work on my laptop but not on my Nexus7/Ubuntu.

root@nexus7:~# cp /bin/ip ./
root@nexus7:~# upx -qq ./ip
    172148 -> 102412 59.49% linux/armel ip
root@nexus7:~# ./ip addr
Segmentation fault
root@nexus7:~#

tx.

Revision history for this message
Chris Wayne (cwayne) wrote :

Does upx not use armhf? It shows that it is using an armel version of ip, whereas the rest of the image is armhf. Could that be part of the problem?

Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
status: New → Incomplete
Chris Wayne (cwayne)
Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Matt Fischer (mfisch) wrote :

upx doesn't grok armhf, it's outputting that these are armel binaries and is probably corrupting them.

summary: - binary compressor "upx" don't work
+ binary compressor "upx" doesn't understand armhf
Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
status: Incomplete → Triaged
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Jani Monoses (jani) wrote :

not nexus7 specific

tags: added: arm-porting-queue
Changed in ubuntu-nexus7:
status: Triaged → Invalid
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