binutils-dev: base to lfs compatibility report

Test Info

Library Name	binutils-dev
Version #1	base
Version #2	lfs
Arch	ARM
GCC Version	12
Subject	Binary Compatibility

Test Results

Total Header Files	11
Total Libraries	0
Total Symbols / Types	11 / 226
Compatibility	95.5%

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	0
Removed Symbols	High	0
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	3
	Low	2
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	0

Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity 3

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field st_blocks has been changed from __blkcnt_t (4 bytes) to __blkcnt64_t (8 bytes).	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Previous accesses of applications and library functions to this field and fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be broken.
2	Type of field st_size has been changed from __off_t (4 bytes) to __off64_t (8 bytes).	1) Size of the inclusive type has been changed. 2) Previous accesses of applications and library functions to this field and fields at higher positions of the structure definition may be broken.
3	The relative position of field st_ino has been changed from 2 to 15.	1) Applications will access incorrect memory when attempting to access this field. 2) Size of the inclusive type has been changed.

struct_stat.h
[+] struct stat 3

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 2

	Change	Effect
1	Size of this type has been changed from 88 bytes to 104 bytes.	The fields or parameters of such data type may be incorrectly initialized or accessed by old client applications.
2	Field __glibc_reserved4 has been removed from this type.	Size of the inclusive type has been changed.

struct_stat.h
[+] struct stat 2

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Header Files 11

ansidecl.h
bfd.h
bfdlink.h
ctf-api.h
ctf.h
diagnostics.h
dis-asm.h
plugin-api.h
sframe-api.h
sframe.h
symcat.h

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Libraries 0

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Test Info

Library Name	binutils-dev
Version #1	base
Version #2	lfs
Arch	ARM
Subject	Source Compatibility

Test Results

Total Header Files	11
Total Libraries	0
Total Symbols / Types	898 / 387
Compatibility	93.8%

Problem Summary

	Severity	Count
Added Symbols	-	0
Removed Symbols	High	7
Problems with Data Types	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	2
Problems with Symbols	High	0
	Medium	0
	Low	0
Problems with Constants	Low	0
Other Changes in Data Types	-	1

Removed Symbols 7

zlib.h
adler32_combine ( uLong p1, uLong p2, long p3 )
crc32_combine ( uLong p1, uLong p2, long p3 )
crc32_combine_gen ( long p1 )
gzoffset ( gzFile p1 )
gzopen ( char const* p1, char const* p2 )
gzseek ( gzFile p1, long p2, int p3 )
gztell ( gzFile p1 )

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Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 2

struct_stat.h
[+] struct stat 2

	Change	Effect
1	Type of field st_blocks has been changed from __blkcnt_t to __blkcnt64_t.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.
2	Type of field st_size has been changed from __off_t to __off64_t.	Recompilation of a client program may be broken.

[+] affected symbols: 194 (21.6%)

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Other Changes in Data Types 1

	Change	Effect
1	The relative position of field st_ino has been changed from 2 to 15.	No effect.

struct_stat.h
[+] struct stat 1

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Header Files 11

ansidecl.h
bfd.h
bfdlink.h
ctf-api.h
ctf.h
diagnostics.h
dis-asm.h
plugin-api.h
sframe-api.h
sframe.h
symcat.h

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Libraries 0

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API compatibility report for the binutils-dev library between base and lfs versions on ARM

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Problems with Data Types, Medium Severity 3

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 2

Header Files 11

Libraries 0

Test Info

Test Results

Problem Summary

Removed Symbols 7

Problems with Data Types, Low Severity 2

Other Changes in Data Types 1

Header Files 11

Libraries 0