Cutter package is heavily outdated and uses wrong backend

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  • Juliana Sims
  • Ludovic Courtès
  • Csepp
  • XVilka Haos of System
  • Simon Tournier
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XVilka Haos of System wrote on 23 May 2023 16:34
(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
CA+8M6w=QL66jkmWOpvTQ443DfjAn_dhUW2wsH3bq5thSws1cFg@mail.gmail.com
Hi!

Since Cutter 2.x versions, it switched from Radare2 to Rizin as a
backend (a fork of Radare2). Meanwhile, Radare2 developers renamed
their GUI to "Iaito":

The latest available Cutter release at this time (May 23, 2023) is
2.2.1, and the corresponding Rizin release is 0.5.2

Since Guix already has packaged Rizin, upgrading the Cutter package
should be straightforward:

**Links for the reference**


**Release links**


Best regards,
XVilka.
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(name . XVilka Haos of System)(address . xvilka@gmail.com)
874jo2qmsr.fsf@riseup.net
merge 60413 63669
thanks

XVilka Haos of System <xvilka@gmail.com> writes:

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> Hi!
> Regarding the package https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/cutter/
>
> Since Cutter 2.x versions, it switched from Radare2 to Rizin as a
> backend (a fork of Radare2). Meanwhile, Radare2 developers renamed
> their GUI to "Iaito":
>
> The latest available Cutter release at this time (May 23, 2023) is
> 2.2.1, and the corresponding Rizin release is 0.5.2
>
> Since Guix already has packaged Rizin, upgrading the Cutter package
> should be straightforward:
> https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/rizin
>
> **Links for the reference**
>
> - https://cutter.re
> - https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter
> - https://rizin.re/posts/faq/
> - https://github.com/radareorg/iaito
> - https://repology.org/project/cutter-re/versions
> - https://repology.org/project/rizin/versions
>
> **Release links**
>
> - https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter/releases/tag/v2.2.1
> - https://github.com/rizinorg/rizin/releases/tag/v0.5.2
>
> Best regards,
> XVilka.

I've tried upgrading it, it wasn't exactly simple.

For now you can use the official Flatpak instead:
flatpak install re.rizin.cutter
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Simon Tournier wrote on 25 May 2023 20:33
87h6s0uupv.fsf@gmail.com
Hi,

On mar., 23 mai 2023 at 22:34, XVilka Haos of System <xvilka@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Since Guix already has packaged Rizin, upgrading the Cutter package
> should be straightforward:
> https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/rizin

Do you want to give a try? Maybe this update is a good candidate for a
contribution. :-)


Cheers,
simon
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Juliana Sims wrote on 13 Apr 22:36 +0200
Re: Cutter package is heavily outdated and uses wrong backend
(address . zimon.toutoune@gmail.com)
6KEWBS.X6Y0YDODLW3K3@incana.org
Hello,

I've managed to package the latest version of Cutter, thanks in part to
Rizin now being in Guix.

I was not able to enable Python-based plugins because python-pyside-2
was unable to find the include directory for one of its inputs (also an
input to Cutter), specifically <QtQml/qqml.h>. I suspect this is due to
the way python-pyside-2 is packaged. Input include paths are manually
exposed to the C++ compiler by an environment variable rather than
through the build system itself. I'm already several tangents away from
where I started before deciding to update Cutter, though, so I don't
think I'll bother with that for this patchset. From what I understand,
the version of Cutter this package definition builds already has more
functionality than the version that existed before the update, backend
change aside.

I'm now trying to get the rz-ghidra and jsdec decompiler plugins
(recommended to Linux distribution packagers by the Cutter build docs)
to work as well, but I'm having trouble making sure Cutter can find
them. Specifically, I have rz-ghidra successfully building and
installing where it probably should,
"/share/rizin/cutter/plugins/native" in its package directory. Since I
don't know for sure how to install plugins yet I haven't started on
jsdec.

I'm tempted to just abandon the plugins idea and say this is good
enough. Anyone have thoughts or opinions about that?

Thanks,
Juli
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Juliana Sims wrote on 14 Apr 04:54 +0200
[PATCH] gnu: cutter: Update to 2.3.4.
(address . guix-patches@gnu.org)
923d0ed1c117a2b934833b455ea414793b4b2e03.1713063296.git.juli@incana.org
Hello,

This patch updates Cutter to the latest version and removes an unneeded radare2
package. It closes issue 63669.

Disregard my comments on that issue. I decided against packaging the decompilers
so there is no reason to enable all of the other options. This is great because
enabling all of them increases the package closure's size by 1.5GB. By contrast,
this version's entire closure is more like 1.1GB.

I do have patches for both rz-ghidra and the "full" version of Cutter if they
prove desirable. I did not manage to resolve the plugin discovery issue, but I
did manage to build Cutter with Python plugin support.

Thanks,
Juli

* gnu/packages/engineering.scm (cutter): Update to 2.3.4.
(radare2-for-cutter): Delete.
---
gnu/packages/engineering.scm | 75 +++++++++++++-----------------------
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)

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diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 6f42d674e51..c68c49adf0f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2023 Theofilos Pechlivanis <theofilos.pechlivanis@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2023 Sharlatan Hellseher <sharlatanus@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2023 pinoaffe <pinoaffe@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2024 Juliana Sims <juli@incana.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -2491,67 +2492,43 @@ (define-public gnucap
simulation.")
(license license:gpl3+)))
-(define-public radare2-for-cutter
- (package
- (inherit radare2)
- (name "radare2")
- (version "5.0.0")
- (source (origin
- (method git-fetch)
- (uri (git-reference
- (url "https://github.com/radareorg/radare2")
- (commit version)))
- (sha256
- (base32
- "0aa7c27kd0l55fy5qfvxqmakp4pz6240v3hn84095qmqkzcbs420"))
- (file-name (git-file-name name version))))))
-
(define-public cutter
(package
(name "cutter")
- (version "1.12.0")
+ (version "2.3.4")
(source
(origin
(method git-fetch)
(uri (git-reference
(url "https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter")
- (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+ (commit (string-append "v" version))
+ (recursive? #t)))
+ (snippet #~((@ (guix build utils) delete-file-recursively)
+ "rizin"))
(file-name (git-file-name name version))
(sha256
- (base32 "0ljj3j3apbbw628n2nyrxpbnclixx20bqjxm0xwggqzz9vywsar0"))))
- (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (base32 "0d10g1wpw8p8hcxvw5q7ymfdxyrp4xqs6a49lf3gdgnmcpb248ad"))))
+ (build-system qt-build-system)
(arguments
- `(#:phases
- (modify-phases %standard-phases
- (replace 'configure
- (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
- (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
- (radare2 (assoc-ref inputs "radare2")))
- ;; Fix pkg-config detection ./src/lib_radare2.pri:PREFIX=/usr/lib
- ;; override `qmake PREFIX=`.
- (substitute* "./src/lib_radare2.pri"
- (("PREFIX") "R2PREFIX")
- (("R2PREFIX=/usr") (string-append "R2PREFIX=" radare2)))
- (invoke "qmake"
- (string-append "PREFIX=" out)
- "./src/Cutter.pro")))))))
- (native-inputs
- (list pkg-config))
- (inputs
- (list qtbase-5
- qtsvg-5
- openssl
- ;; Depends on radare2 4.5.1 officially, builds and works fine with
- ;; radare2 5.0.0 but fails to build with radare2 5.1.1.
- radare2-for-cutter))
+ (list
+ #:configure-flags #~(list "-DCUTTER_USE_BUNDLED_RIZIN=OFF")
+ #:tests? #f)) ;no tests
+ (native-inputs (list pkgconf))
+ (inputs (list libzip
+ openssl
+ qtsvg-5
+ qttools-5
+ rizin
+ zlib))
(home-page "https://cutter.re")
- (synopsis "GUI for radare2 reverse engineering framework")
- (description "Cutter is a GUI for radare2 reverse engineering framework.
-Its goal is making an advanced andcustomizable reverse-engineering platform
-while keeping the user experience at mind. Cutter is created by reverse
-engineers for reverse engineers.")
- (license (list license:cc-by-sa3.0 ;the "Iconic" icon set
- license:gpl3+)))) ;everything else
+ (synopsis "Software reverse engineering platform")
+ (description
+ "Cutter is a free and open-source reverse engineering platform powered by
+@code{rizin}. It aims to be an advanced and customizable reverse engineering
+platform while keeping the user experience in mind. Cutter is created by
+reverse engineers for reverse engineers.")
+ (license (list license:cc-by-sa3.0 ;the "Iconic" icon set
+ license:gpl3+)))) ;everything else
(define-public lib3mf
(package

base-commit: 238e4ec73e4143f3a5a85b56ca00d395cdf60197
--
2.41.0
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Ludovic Courtès wrote on 11 Jun 23:56 +0200
(name . Juliana Sims)(address . juli@incana.org)
87ikyfkut6.fsf@gnu.org
Hi Juliana,

Juliana Sims <juli@incana.org> skribis:

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> * gnu/packages/engineering.scm (cutter): Update to 2.3.4.
> (radare2-for-cutter): Delete.

Applied with the cosmetic changes below. Thanks!

Ludo’.
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
index 2dbbaaa040f..e518d24fa2f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/engineering.scm
@@ -2504,8 +2504,8 @@ (define-public cutter
(url "https://github.com/rizinorg/cutter")
(commit (string-append "v" version))
(recursive? #t)))
- (snippet #~((@ (guix build utils) delete-file-recursively)
- "rizin"))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet #~(delete-file-recursively "rizin"))
(file-name (git-file-name name version))
(sha256
(base32 "0d10g1wpw8p8hcxvw5q7ymfdxyrp4xqs6a49lf3gdgnmcpb248ad"))))
@@ -2524,10 +2524,10 @@ (define-public cutter
(home-page "https://cutter.re")
(synopsis "Software reverse engineering platform")
(description
- "Cutter is a free and open-source reverse engineering platform powered by
-@code{rizin}. It aims to be an advanced and customizable reverse engineering
-platform while keeping the user experience in mind. Cutter is created by
-reverse engineers for reverse engineers.")
+ "Cutter is a reverse engineering platform powered by @code{rizin}. It
+aims to be an advanced and customizable reverse engineering platform while
+keeping the user experience in mind. Cutter is created by reverse engineers
+for reverse engineers.")
(license (list license:cc-by-sa3.0 ;the "Iconic" icon set
license:gpl3+)))) ;everything else
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