make build of aarch64 linux/linux-esx packages fail due to gcc 12.5.0 / binutils 2.46.1 requirements

[dcasota]

Describe the bug

Hi @vbrahmajosyula1, Hi @sshedi ,

Since 5fce7ef, Photon 5 builds with gcc 12.5.0 and binutils 2.46.1.

GNU ld 2.46 advertises RELR support, so olddefconfig adds CONFIG_TOOLS_SUPPORT_RELR=y and CONFIG_RELR=y. Those two entries must be in the aarch64 configs (config_aarch64, config-esx_aarch64);

CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_RELR and CONFIG_CC_HAS_ASM_INLINE are already set. With the new symbols present, %prep’s config-applicability diff is a no-op.

Reproduction steps

5.0 aarch64 make build

Expected behavior

successful 5.0 aarch64 make build

Additional context

The following workaround patches config-esx_aarch64and config_aarch64.
fix-photon-aarch64-relr-config.sh

[vbrahmajosyula1]

Thanks for the report, we will address it.