#1138383 mtd-utils: FTBFS with openssl 4.0

Package:
mtd-utils
Source:
mtd-utils
Description:
Memory Technology Device Utilities
Submitter:
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date:
2026-10-10 12:39:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1138383#5
Date:
2026-05-30 16:04:39 UTC
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To:
OpenSSL 4.0 is in experimental. This package fails to build against it:

| gcc  -g -O2 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration -ffile-prefix-map=/build/reproducible-path/mtd-utils-2.3.0=. -fstack-protector-strong -fstack-clash-protection -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fcf-protection  -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -o mkfs.ubifs ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-bitops.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-kmem.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-sort.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-crc16.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-compr.o ubifs-utils/common/hashtable/mkfs_ubifs-hashtable.o ubifs-utils/common/hashtable/mkfs_ubifs-hashtable_itr.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-devtable.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-hexdump.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-crypto.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-fscrypt.o ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-sign.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-io.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-sb.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-super.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-master.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-debug.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-scan.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-find.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-dir.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-budget.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-journal.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-gc.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-lpt.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-lpt_commit.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-lprops.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-tnc_misc.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-tnc.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-tnc_commit.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-commit.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-orphan.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-log.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-replay.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-recovery.o ubifs-utils/libubifs/mkfs_ubifs-auth.o ubifs-utils/mkfs.ubifs/mkfs_ubifs-mkfs.ubifs.o libmtd.a libubi.a -lz -llzo2 -lzstd -luuid -lselinux -lssl -lcrypto -rdynamic  -lm -lpthread
| /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: ubifs-utils/common/mkfs_ubifs-sign.o: in function `read_private_key':
| ./ubifs-utils/common/sign.c:150:(.text+0x1d1): undefined reference to `ENGINE_load_builtin_engines'
| /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: ./ubifs-utils/common/sign.c:152:(.text+0x20a): undefined reference to `ENGINE_by_id'
| /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: ./ubifs-utils/common/sign.c:158:(.text+0x21e): undefined reference to `ENGINE_init'
| /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: ./ubifs-utils/common/sign.c:166:(.text+0x26b): undefined reference to `ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string'
| /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: ./ubifs-utils/common/sign.c:171:(.text+0x282): undefined reference to `ENGINE_load_private_key'
| /usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: ./ubifs-utils/common/sign.c:174:(.text+0x2a1): undefined reference to `ENGINE_ctrl_cmd'
| collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
| make[1]: *** [Makefile:2961: mkfs.ubifs] Error 1

Full buildlog
https://breakpoint.cc/openssl-rebuild/logs-4/attempted/mtd-utils_2.3.0-1_amd64-2026-04-19T09:22:37Z

Sebastian

#1138383#12
Date:
2026-08-29 17:33:59 UTC
From:
To:
control: tags -1 + patch
control: forwarded -1 https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2026-August/114868.html

Patch attached.

Sebastian

#1138383#21
Date:
2026-10-10 12:36:53 UTC
From:
To:
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mtd-utils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1138383@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org> (supplier of updated mtd-utils package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:16:02 +0200
Source: mtd-utils
Architecture: source
Version: 1:2.3.1-4
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
Changed-By: Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org>
Closes: 1138383
Changes:
 mtd-utils (1:2.3.1-4) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * QA upload.
   * Don't compile engine support if not available. (Closes: #1138383)
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