[Bug 1982430] [NEW] nm's -U flag does not work

[Luís Cunha dos Reis Infante da Câmara]

Public bug reported:

nm appears to behave as if the -U flag took an argument:

$ nm -DU /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
nm: 'a.out': No such file
$ nm -DU . /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
[3006 lines]

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: binutils 2.38.90.20220713-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-27.28-generic 5.15.30
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.22.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Wed Jul 20 23:53:19 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-26 (24 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220624)
SourcePackage: binutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kinetic

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Title:
  nm's -U flag does not work

Status in binutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  nm appears to behave as if the -U flag took an argument:

  $ nm -DU /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  nm: 'a.out': No such file
  $ nm -DU . /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
  [3006 lines]

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
  Package: binutils 2.38.90.20220713-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-27.28-generic 5.15.30
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.22.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Wed Jul 20 23:53:19 2022
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-26 (24 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220624)
  SourcePackage: binutils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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