lintian: executable-not-elf-or-script ./usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libopcodes.la

Bug is in packaging of binutils. Will work on fixing this and some of other cross binutils lintian errors.

Now running lintian...
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ar
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-as
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-elfedit
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gprof
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld.bfd
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld.gold
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-nm
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-objcopy
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-objdump
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ranlib
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-readelf
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-size
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strings
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: binary-without-manpage usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: executable-not-elf-or-script ./usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libopcodes.la
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: executable-not-elf-or-script ./usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/arm-linux-gnueabi/lib/libbfd.la
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: non-standard-dir-in-usr usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/ar -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ar
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/as -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-as
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld.bfd
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/ld.gold -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld.gold
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/nm -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-nm
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/objcopy -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-objcopy
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/objdump -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-objdump
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/ranlib -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ranlib
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: package-contains-hardlink usr/arm-linux-gnueabi/bin/strip -> usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip
W: binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi: non-standard-dir-in-usr usr/x86_64-linux-gnu/

Thats the current status.

patch for binutils

afaics, this is fixed in oneiric

This patch solves problem for cross builds.

This bug was fixed in the package armel-cross-toolchain-base - 1.72

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armel-cross-toolchain-base (1.72) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Integrated changes from PPA builds:
    - use fakeroot for eglibc builds
    - fixed mangling of versions in debian/control
    - added EXTRA_DEPS to get rid of gcc-4.5 dependency
    - lower dpkg dependency to 1.15.5
  * Bumped dependency on gcc-4.6 to 4.6.1-6 (patches got merged)
  * Refreshed eglibc patches for PPA:
    - new languages were added
    - do not move headers for non-multiarch builds
    - drop Multi-Arch: fields from debian/control for PPA builds
  * Depend on unversioned 'linux-source' package - closes LP: #827026
  * rewrote lintian overrides support for cross compilation files
    - closes LP: #798991, #760421
  * patched binutils to get rid of lintian warnings - closes LP: #760420
  * made some functions quiet
  * added "|true" to quilt invocations to make them work for empty series
  * Debian support related changes:
    - refreshed eglibc patches
    - rewrote build-linux step - closes #611382
 -- Marcin Juszkiewicz <email address hidden> Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:58:06 +0200

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.21.53.20110810-0ubuntu2

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binutils (2.21.53.20110810-0ubuntu2) oneiric; urgency=low

  * Build with proposed patch for PR ld/12965. LP: #641126.
  * Don't ship .la files in the cross binutils packages. LP: #760420.
  * For native builds, add the multiarch directories to the default
    search path. LP: #780455.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:36:22 +0200