[Bug 1814930] Re: u-boot-tools missing binutils dependency

[Dave Jones]

Bionic verification done with u-boot-tools
2018.07~rc3+dfsg1-0ubuntu2~18.04.1

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Title:
  u-boot-tools missing binutils dependency

Status in u-boot package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in u-boot source package in Bionic:
  Fix Committed
Status in u-boot source package in Cosmic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

  The u-boot-tools package, specifically the mkknlimg script within it,
  relies upon several external utilities (specifically perl, grep, tr,
  and strings). Whilst most are provided by "essential" packages,
  strings is provided by binutils which is not. On a fresh install of
  the RPi3 beta image, an upgrade involved u-boot succeeds, but
  nonetheless prints a warning that strings cannot be found.

  All package upgrades from the beta state should upgrade without any
  errors or warnings.

  [Test Case]

  On a pi3 image (or a chroot without binutils installed) with the old u
  -boot-tools version, run mkknlimg:

  `touch a; mkknlimg --dtok a b`

  Confirm that the command succeeds but prints out: "sh: 1: strings: not
  found". Upgrade the package and re-run the same command:

  `mkknlimg --dtok a b`

  Confirm that no "not found" message is visible anymore. Check that
  binutils has been installed during the update process.

  [Regression Potential]

  None. This only adds a new dependency. The dependency is in main and
  seeded in almost all daily and daily-live images.

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