Ubuntu 18.04.3 may break compilers ifort: error #10105: ld: core dumped

[Ron_Green]

Ubuntu's latest build of 18.04 LTS is 18.04.4

Their previous build, 18.04.3, had an issue that may affect (break) the Intel compilers. 

Earlier builds like 18.04.2 and 18.04.1 are compatible and work with the Intel compilers.

You can find your Ubuntu build number by:

cat /etc/lsb-release

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS"

Notice DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION.  On this system it is the latest 18.04.4 LTS.

If your DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION has "18.04.3" you may have issues running the Intel compilers due to an issue with glibc in this specific build.

The error will be

ifort hello.f90
ifort: error #10105: ld: core dumped
ifort: warning #10102: unknown signal(-320620368)
ifort: error #10106: Fatal error in ld, terminated by unknown

Upgrading your Ubuntu to the latest 18.04.4 will install a fixed glibc along with other important updates to Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt update

[mgpinedocuba]

I have this version of Ubuntu:

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS"

and the error still appears

ifort: error #10105: ld: core dumped
ifort: warning #10102: unknown signal(-1797457744)
ifort: error #10106: Fatal error in ld, terminated by unknown

What I can do?

[Ron_Green]

check your libc and binutils versions

Here's what I see on my 18.04.5 system

apt list --installed | grep libc
...
libc6/bionic-updates,now 2.27-3ubuntu1.4 amd64 [installed]

ld --version
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.30

apt list installed | grep binutils
binutils/bionic-updates,now 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.4 amd64 [installed]
binutils-common/bionic-updates,now 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.4 amd64 [installed]
binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu/bionic-updates,now 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.4 amd64 [installed]
libbinutils/bionic-updates,now 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.4 amd64 [installed]

[mgpinedocuba]

hi, when i put the command:
apt list installed | grep binutils
appears the next message:
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
It seems strange to me, before the ubutu updates, I could use the ifor in a normal way, but after updating ubuntu these errors started.