From nobody Wed May 6 16:07:26 2026 X-Original-To: freebsd-current@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4g9gHh0HsGz6cqcB for ; Wed, 06 May 2026 16:06:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: from www.zefox.net (www.zefox.net [50.1.20.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "pelorus.zefox.org", Issuer "pelorus.zefox.org" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4g9gHg0d1qz3Ynn for ; Wed, 06 May 2026 16:06:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from www.zefox.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.zefox.net (8.18.1/8.18.1) with ESMTPS id 646G7R32049992 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 6 May 2026 09:07:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd@www.zefox.net) Received: (from fbsd@localhost) by www.zefox.net (8.18.1/8.18.1/Submit) id 646G7Ra2049991; Wed, 6 May 2026 09:07:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fbsd) Date: Wed, 6 May 2026 09:07:26 -0700 From: bob prohaska To: Mark Millard Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ar: error: libclang.a: 'ParseDecl.o': section header table goes past EOF Message-ID: References: <2c2ab68d-83eb-4b6d-996d-10c2169a2165@yahoo.com> <4fab914f-ff17-4312-a098-975b6c103e05@yahoo.com> <413d71d1-6e18-4c7f-8844-d85c304d0504@yahoo.com> List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-current List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <413d71d1-6e18-4c7f-8844-d85c304d0504@yahoo.com> X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 15.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:7065, ipnet:50.1.16.0/20, country:US] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4g9gHg0d1qz3Ynn X-Spamd-Bar: ---- X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 08:54:32AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > On 5/6/26 07:50, bob prohaska wrote: > > On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 09:59:02PM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > >> On 5/5/26 17:32, bob prohaska wrote: > >>> On Tue, May 05, 2026 at 11:37:12AM -0700, Mark Millard wrote: > >>>> On 5/5/26 07:48, bob prohaska wrote: > >>>>> A Pi2B (armv7) is failing buildworld with: > >>>>> > >>>>> Building static clang library > >>>>> ar: error: libclang.a: 'ParseDecl.o': section header table goes past the end of > >>>>> the file: e_shoff = 0x131190 > >> > >> How big is the ParseDecl.o file that gets this report? > >> > >> > > > > # ls -l /usr/obj/usr/src/arm.armv7/tmp/obj-tools/lib/clang/libclang/Parse/ParseDecl.o > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 393216 May 3 19:15 /usr/obj/usr/src/arm.armv7/tmp/obj-tools/lib/clang/libclang/Parse/ParseDecl.o > > That earlier 0x131190 was a offset in the file. 0x131190 == 1249680 . > That is a lot bigger than 393216. > > > > >> > >> (Note the tmp/ in that path. Also the <> usage is in hopes of forming > >> one long line and are not part of the file path.) > >> > > Including the < and > in the pathname triggered a syntax error. Likely I > > misundersood the tip or I'm using a different shell. > > Only use the text inside the <>'s. > > The <>'s are an attempt to prevent the message I send from splitting the > long text into more than one line in the process --even if I do not > split it myself. Otherwise you might have to splice together the full > path. Adding spaces just inside the <>'s would not work for the purpose, > thus the lack of such spaces. Ahhh, so user escapes, not shell escapes 8-) > > > > > >> > >> Can you publish the content of the file: > >> > >> > > > > The file has been placed at > > http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/rpi2/20260506/ > > You published ParseDecl.o instead of publishing Parse_ParseDecl.o.meta . > > Parse_ParseDecl.o.meta is a text file produced by use of META_MODE . I > expect it will include the text of the command that produced > ParseDecl.o . > > Like earlier: omit the <> characters when extracting the path. > Apologies for the blunder! The correct file is now at: http://www.zefox.net/~fbsd/rpi2/20260506/Parse_ParseDecl.o.meta Thanks for writing, and your patience! bob prohaska