I updated debugedit to 5.0 version, the changelog looks like adding some errors when chmod can't be done correctly
@@ -3419,7 +3431,8 @@ } /* Make sure we can read and write */ - chmod (file, stat_buf.st_mode | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR); + if (chmod (file, stat_buf.st_mode | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR) != 0) + error (0, errno, "Failed to chmod input file '%s' to make sure we can read and write", file); fd = open (file, O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) @@ -3635,7 +3648,8 @@ close (fd); /* Restore old access rights */ - chmod (file, stat_buf.st_mode); + if (chmod (file, stat_buf.st_mode) != 0) + error (0, errno, "Failed to chmod input file '%s' to restore old access rights", file); free ((char *) dso->filename); destroy_strings (&dso->debug_str); @@ -349,7 +352,8 @@ } /* Make sure we can read and write */ - chmod (fname, stat_buf.st_mode | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR); + if (chmod (fname, stat_buf.st_mode | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR) != 0) + error (0, errno, _("cannot chmod \"%s\" to make sure we can read and write"), fname); bool failed = false; int fd = open64 (fname, O_RDWR); @@ -386,7 +390,8 @@ } /* Restore old access rights. Including any suid bits reset. */ - chmod (fname, stat_buf.st_mode); + if (chmod (fname, stat_buf.st_mode) != 0) + error (0, errno, _("cannot chmod \"%s\" to restore old access rights"), fname); if (failed) failed_count++; and similar. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to binutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1938886 Title: rrr:no dh_strip or strip loose setuid bit Status in binutils package in Ubuntu: New Status in debhelper package in Ubuntu: New Status in debugedit package in Ubuntu: New Status in virtualbox package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Over at https://launchpadlibrarian.net/550715513/buildlog_ubuntu- hirsute-amd64.virtualbox_6.1.22-dfsg-2~ubuntu1.21.04.2_BUILDING.txt.gz I have rebuilt an earlier version of virtualbox, that sets Rules- Requires-Root: no and added extra ls statements to find where/when/why setuid bits are getting lost after fixperms. make[1]: Leaving directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' debian/rules override_dh_strip make[1]: Entering directory '/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>' ls -latr debian/virtualbox/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL -rwsr-sr-x 1 buildd buildd 406808 Jul 29 14:34 debian/virtualbox/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL ... dh_strip --dbgsym-migration='virtualbox-dbg' debugedit: debian/virtualbox/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL.so: Unknown DWARF DW_FORM_0x1f20 a7cf3c43c8b18c3261d2d4737a475bf730ad1554 ls -latr debian/virtualbox/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL -rwxr-xr-x 1 buildd buildd 166208 Jul 29 14:35 debian/virtualbox/usr/lib/virtualbox/VBoxSDL It seems to me that either dh_strip or something it calls (strip, debugedit) looses the setuid permission in hirsute and up. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/1938886/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp