Segmentation fault for AppImages bundling glibc 2.39 (caused by lief < 0.16)

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Some AppImages based on Debian Trixie and Ubuntu Noble cause a segmentation fault. Both distros use glibc 2.39. When building an AppImage for Trixie, one of the following messages is shown (build log):

Can't find string offset for section name '.note.cafe1a7e'

Dynamic tag: 0x70000000 is not supported for the current architecture

This message arises from LIEF, a library used to patch binary files. Debugging uncovered that the messages occur when libc.so.6 is patched. Apparently, libc contains something that LIEF is not able to handle. In 07/2024, lief-project/LIEF#1081 was merged, adding support new dynamic tags for x86_64. When LIEF is updated to a version containing these changes (currently available: pre-release 0.16.0.dev0), the messages are gone and no segfault occurs.

Workaround for latest Docker image (1.1.0) (example): Before running appimage-builder, update LIEF, install packaging-legacy and patch package.py

Cause:

1. Latest LIEF (0.16.0.dev0) requires an update of setuptools (>= 71)
2. Latest setuptools requires an update of packaging (>= 24)
3. Latest packaging requires that versions conform to PEP 440 (see InvalidVersion exception when invalid version used on Setuptools 66 pypa/setuptools#3772)
4. AppImageBuilder 1.1.0 uses packaging.version to compare versions of debian packages (e.g. 1.21.1ubuntu2.3).

Originally reported downstream in C0rn3j/sc-controller#32.

Please consider releasing an updated Docker image containing a current version of LIEF.