gnu: binutils: Update to 2.31.1.

* gnu/packages/base.scm (binutils): Update to 2.31.1.
(binutils/fixed): Remove variable
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (make-linux-libre): Remove AArch64 workaround.
* gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch: Delete file.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Remove it.

3 files changed, 2 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index fef6002b3c..c95ab379af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -435,14 +435,14 @@ change.  GNU make offers many powerful extensions over the standard utility.")
 (define-public binutils
   (package
    (name "binutils")
-   (version "2.30")
+   (version "2.31.1")
    (source (origin
             (method url-fetch)
             (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/binutils/binutils-"
                                 version ".tar.bz2"))
             (sha256
              (base32
-              "028cklfqaab24glva1ks2aqa1zxa6w6xmc8q34zs1sb7h22dxspg"))
+              "1l34hn1zkmhr1wcrgf0d4z7r3najxnw3cx2y2fk7v55zjlk3ik7z"))
             (patches (search-patches "binutils-loongson-workaround.patch"))))
    (build-system gnu-build-system)
 
@@ -480,17 +480,6 @@ included.")
    (license gpl3+)
    (home-page "https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/")))
 
-(define-public binutils/fixed
-  ;; TODO: Incorporate this in binutils during the next rebuild cycle.
-  (hidden-package
-   (package
-     (inherit binutils)
-     (source (origin
-               (inherit (package-source binutils))
-               (patches (append (origin-patches (package-source binutils))
-                                (search-patches
-                                 "binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch"))))))))
-
 (define* (make-ld-wrapper name #:key
                           (target (const #f))
                           binutils
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index ff3024d574..76c67f4588 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -296,12 +296,6 @@ for ARCH and optionally VARIANT, or #f if there is no such configuration."
                  (or (%current-target-system) (%current-system)))
            ((or "x86_64" "i386")
             `(("gcc" ,gcc-7)))
-           ("arm64"
-            ;; Work around a binutils 2.30 bug where some kernel symbols would
-            ;; be incorrectly marked as relocatable:
-            ;; <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22764>.
-            `(("ld-wrapper" ,(make-ld-wrapper "ld-wrapper"
-                                              #:binutils binutils/fixed))))
            (_
             '()))
        ,@(match (and configuration-file
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fbd596862b..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/binutils-aarch64-symbol-relocation.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-Fix a regression in Binutils 2.30 where some symbols are incorrectly assumed
-to be addresses:
-
-https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22764
-
-Patch taken from upstream (with ChangeLog entries and tests omitted):
-
-https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commitdiff;h=279b2f94168ee91e02ccd070d27c983fc001fe12
-
-diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
-index af448f9..2737773 100644
---- a/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
-+++ b/bfd/elfnn-aarch64.c
-@@ -7189,10 +7189,19 @@ elfNN_aarch64_check_relocs (bfd *abfd, struct bfd_link_info *info,
- #if ARCH_SIZE == 64
- 	case BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_32:
- #endif
--	  if (bfd_link_pic (info)
--	      && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0
--	      && (sec->flags & SEC_READONLY) != 0)
-+	  if (bfd_link_pic (info) && (sec->flags & SEC_ALLOC) != 0)
- 	    {
-+	      if (h != NULL
-+		  /* This is an absolute symbol.  It represents a value instead
-+		     of an address.  */
-+		  && ((h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_defined
-+		       && bfd_is_abs_section (h->root.u.def.section))
-+		      /* This is an undefined symbol.  */
-+		      || h->root.type == bfd_link_hash_undefined))
-+		break;
-+
-+	      /* For local symbols, defined global symbols in a non-ABS section,
-+		 it is assumed that the value is an address.  */
- 	      int howto_index = bfd_r_type - BFD_RELOC_AARCH64_RELOC_START;
- 	      _bfd_error_handler
- 		/* xgettext:c-format */