Update to Ubuntu 24.04 to get a more recent GNU as

.github/workflows/stdarch.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       run: sudo apt-get install ninja-build ripgrep
 
+    - name: Install more recent binutils
+      run: |
+        echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu oracular main universe" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracular-copies.list
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install binutils
+
     - name: Install Intel Software Development Emulator
       if: ${{ matrix.cargo_runner }}
       run: |