#991429 ld: cryptic error message when ulimit -n exceeded

Package:
binutils
Source:
binutils
Description:
GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
Submitter:
root
Date:
2021-07-23 10:33:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#991429#5
Date:
2021-07-23 10:25:48 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

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   * What led up to the situation?

Building mplayer with binutils 2.37

error message:

/usr/bin/ld: ffmpeg/libavcodec/libavcodec.a: error adding symbols: malformed archive


   * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
     ineffective)?

Either downgrading binutils or increasing the ulimit -n from 1024 to 2048 fixed things.


   * What was the outcome of this action?
   * What outcome did you expect instead?

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