Various package TLC

- Migrate from update-alternatives to libalternatives (jsc#PED-15667).
- Update %suse_version > 1600 checks (jsc#PED-15792).
- Split new libsframe2 package from binutils (shared lib policy).
- Make (currently inactive) gold subpackage no require binutils
  in a specific version.
- Add binutils-workaround-premature-libsframe-uninst.diff for

binutils-workaround-premature-libsframe-uninst.diff

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+Hack alert related to the introduction of the libsframe2 package!
+
+Normally readelf is linked dynamically against libsframe.so.2, this
+makes it link statically for the following reason:
+
+after rpmbuild builds the package we run a couple checks, among them
+we install the just built rpms, and then remove them again
+(in 99-check-remove-rpms).  But we don't remove packages that were
+already installed before.  When we split libsframe2 from binutils
+the following situation occurs in the build system:
+
+1) binutils from distro is installed, no libsframe2 exists yet
+2) ... package builds ...
+3) binutils and libsframe2 (just built) are installed
+4) libsframe2 is removed, binutils is _not_ removed (it was
+   installed before building already)
+
+The readelf that's now in the buildroot (from the new binutils packages)
+links against libsframe.so.2 dynamic, but that one was removed in step 4
+above!  readelf can't be executed and rpmlint completely falls over
+failing the build.
+
+So, as temporary measure, we link statically.  The removal of the
+libsframe2 package then doesn't matter.  Once we get this in the distro
+we can switch back to linking dynamically because then the libsframe2
+package will have been installed before build as well (like binutils)
+and will _not_ be removed by the post-build-checks.
+
+
+Index: binutils-2.45/binutils/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- binutils-2.45.orig/binutils/Makefile.am	2025-07-27 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.45/binutils/Makefile.am	2026-03-10 17:19:10.507052021 +0100
+@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ LIBCTF =
+ LIBCTF_NOBFD =
+ endif
+ 
+-LIBSFRAME = ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++#LIBSFRAME = ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++LIBSFRAME = ../libsframe/.libs/libsframe.a
+ 
+ LIBIBERTY = ../libiberty/libiberty.a
+ 
+Index: binutils-2.45/binutils/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- binutils-2.45.orig/binutils/Makefile.in	2025-07-27 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.45/binutils/Makefile.in	2026-03-10 17:35:09.627318609 +0100
+@@ -746,7 +746,8 @@ OPCODES = ../opcodes/libopcodes.la
+ @ENABLE_LIBCTF_TRUE@LIBCTF = ../libctf/libctf.la
+ @ENABLE_LIBCTF_FALSE@LIBCTF_NOBFD = 
+ @ENABLE_LIBCTF_TRUE@LIBCTF_NOBFD = ../libctf/libctf-nobfd.la
+-LIBSFRAME = ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++#LIBSFRAME = ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++LIBSFRAME = ../libsframe/.libs/libsframe.a
+ LIBIBERTY = ../libiberty/libiberty.a
+ POTFILES = $(CFILES) $(DEBUG_SRCS) $(HFILES)
+ EXPECT = expect
+Index: binutils-2.45/bfd/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- binutils-2.45.orig/bfd/Makefile.am	2025-07-27 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.45/bfd/Makefile.am	2026-03-10 17:48:32.624849274 +0100
+@@ -785,7 +785,8 @@ ofiles: stamp-ofiles ; @true
+ libbfd_la_SOURCES = $(BFD32_LIBS_CFILES)
+ EXTRA_libbfd_la_SOURCES = $(CFILES)
+ libbfd_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(OFILES) ofiles ../libsframe/libsframe.la
+-libbfd_la_LIBADD = `cat ofiles` @SHARED_LIBADD@ $(LIBDL) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++#libbfd_la_LIBADD = `cat ofiles` @SHARED_LIBADD@ $(LIBDL) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++libbfd_la_LIBADD = `cat ofiles` @SHARED_LIBADD@ $(LIBDL) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) ../libsframe/.libs/libsframe.a
+ libbfd_la_LDFLAGS += -release `cat libtool-soversion` @SHARED_LDFLAGS@
+ 
+ # This file holds an array associating configuration triplets and
+Index: binutils-2.45/bfd/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- binutils-2.45.orig/bfd/Makefile.in	2025-07-27 01:00:00.000000000 +0200
++++ binutils-2.45/bfd/Makefile.in	2026-03-10 17:48:51.441165631 +0100
+@@ -1212,7 +1212,8 @@ OFILES = $(BFD_BACKENDS) $(BFD_MACHINES)
+ libbfd_la_SOURCES = $(BFD32_LIBS_CFILES)
+ EXTRA_libbfd_la_SOURCES = $(CFILES)
+ libbfd_la_DEPENDENCIES = $(OFILES) ofiles ../libsframe/libsframe.la
+-libbfd_la_LIBADD = `cat ofiles` @SHARED_LIBADD@ $(LIBDL) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++#libbfd_la_LIBADD = `cat ofiles` @SHARED_LIBADD@ $(LIBDL) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) ../libsframe/libsframe.la
++libbfd_la_LIBADD = `cat ofiles` @SHARED_LIBADD@ $(LIBDL) $(ZLIB) $(ZSTD_LIBS) ../libsframe/.libs/libsframe.a
+ BFD_H_FILES = bfd-in.h libbfd.c hash.c section.c syms.c \
+ 	archive.c archures.c bfd.c bfdio.c \
+ 	cache.c compress.c corefile.c format.c linker.c opncls.c \

binutils.changes

@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Mar 10 16:57:59 UTC 2026 - Michael Matz <matz@suse.com>
+
+- Migrate from update-alternatives to libalternatives (jsc#PED-15667).
+- Update %suse_version > 1600 checks (jsc#PED-15792).
+- Split new libsframe2 package from binutils (shared lib policy).
+- Make (currently inactive) gold subpackage no require binutils
+  in a specific version.
+- Add binutils-workaround-premature-libsframe-uninst.diff for
+  this to temporarily avoid 99-check-remove-rpms getting in the way.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Nov  3 14:06:37 UTC 2025 - Michael Matz <matz@suse.com>
 

binutils.spec

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Release:        0
 
 # disable libalternatives for now until it's changed to not
 # introduce cmake/cunit-tests into the bootstrap cycle
-%if 0 && 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+%if 0%{?suse_version} >= 1600
 %bcond_without libalternatives
 %else
 %bcond_with libalternatives
@@ -167,7 +167,16 @@ Patch77:        pr33502.diff
 Patch90:        cross-avr-nesc-as.patch
 Patch92:        cross-avr-omit_section_dynsym.patch
 Patch93:        cross-avr-size.patch
+Patch100:       binutils-workaround-premature-libsframe-uninst.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
+# Hack.  See binutils-workaround-premature-libsframe-uninst.diff
+# until libsframe2, the package, is in the distro we need to
+# link all internal components of binutils statically against libsframe.
+# But then there's no reason for rpm to generate a dependency against
+# libsframe.so.2, but we _need_ that dependency to exist once we want
+# to link dynamically again.  So, force it for now.  Remove this when
+# the above patch is removed.
+Requires:       libsframe2
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 Requires:       alts
 %else
@@ -183,7 +192,9 @@ to compile a program or kernel.
 Summary:        The gold linker
 License:        GPL-3.0-or-later
 Group:          Development/Tools/Building
-Requires:       binutils = %{version}-%{release}
+# we once required binutils=version-release here, but that seems
+# overly strict
+Requires:       binutils
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 Requires:       alts
 %else
@@ -234,6 +245,16 @@ Group:          Development/Tools/Building
 This package includes the libctf-nobfd shared library.
 The Compact C Type Format (CTF) is a way of representing information about a binary program
 
+%package -n libsframe2
+Summary:        SFrame stack trace format library (runtime)
+License:        GFDL-1.3-only AND GPL-3.0-or-later
+Group:          Development/Tools/Building
+
+%description -n libsframe2
+This package includes the libsframe shared library.
+The SFrame format is a compact way to represent information
+necessary to generate stack traces.
+
 %package -n gprofng
 Summary:        The next generation profiling tool for Linux
 License:        GFDL-1.3-only AND GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -312,6 +333,7 @@ cp gas/config/tc-avr.h gas/config/tc-avr-nesc.h
 %patch -P 92
 %patch -P 93 -p1
 %endif
+%patch -P 100 -p1
 #
 # test_vanilla
 %endif
@@ -330,7 +352,7 @@ echo "==== any FAIL: lines from here until the %check section are irrelevant ===
 # gcc15 and up default to c23, these older binutils would need patches
 # for that.  As an impeding version update fixes that as well, simply
 # override the compiler instead of bothering with backports
-%if %{suse_version} > 1600
+%if %{suse_version} >= 1699
 CC="gcc -std=gnu17"
 export CC
 %endif
@@ -427,7 +449,7 @@ cd build-dir
 
 # FIXME: enable in future, when at least llvm15,llvm17,golang are
 # fixed to accept zstd
-#%if %{suse_version} > 1600
+#%if %{suse_version} >= 1699
 #  --enable-default-compressed-debug-sections-algorithm=zstd \
 #%endif
 
@@ -567,9 +589,11 @@ ln -s "%_sysconfdir/alternatives/ld" "%{buildroot}/%_bindir/ld";
 %else
 ln -s %{_bindir}/alts "%{buildroot}/%_bindir/ld";
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ld;
+%ifarch %gold_archs
 cat > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ld/1.conf <<EOF
 binary=%{_bindir}/ld.gold
 EOF
+%endif
 cat > %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/libalternatives/ld/2.conf <<EOF
 binary=%{_bindir}/ld.bfd
 EOF
@@ -671,6 +695,7 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/bin/*-c++filt
 
 %post -n libctf0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %post -n libctf-nobfd0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%post -n libsframe2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %if %{with libalternatives}
 %pre
@@ -707,6 +732,7 @@ fi;
 
 %postun -n libctf0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %postun -n libctf-nobfd0 -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -n libsframe2 -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
 %endif
@@ -718,7 +744,6 @@ fi;
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/bin/*
 %{_prefix}/%{HOST}/lib/ldscripts
 %{_libdir}/ldscripts
-%{_libdir}/libsframe.so.*
 %if %build_gprofng
 %{_libdir}/libgprofng.so.*
 %endif
@@ -777,6 +802,10 @@ fi;
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libctf-nobfd.so.*
 
+%files -n libsframe2
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/libsframe.so.*
+
 %if %{suse_version} > 1500
 %ifarch %ix86 x86_64 %x86_64 aarch64
 %files -n gprofng