-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jordan Sissel wrote: > Can someone give me some background on what changed to cause this > build failure?
This bug is only for the new linker called "gold". Debian still use the traditional linker "ld" as the default one, so basically this bug is not a really problem for Debian. "gold" is a new linker developed by Google and has been merged to GNU binutils upstream. You may think "gold" as another "ld" with differerent default behavior. > * Did the a debian build system change cause this? No. Only if users uses "gold" to link the binary will cause this. > * Did xorg change the way they package libraries? No. > * Did debian change the way they package xorg? No. > * What does 'no-add-needed' mean? Cursory googling mentions that it > was a recent gcc/ld patch, but doesn't really mention what it does or > why it exists. It reduces unnecessary libraries linking. > I can't test this as I don't use debian. I can confirm that the patch > doesn't appear to break it building for me on ubuntu. I did not test it on Ubuntu but I believe it will work fine on it. Kind regards Wen-Yen Chuang (caleb) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkr33NEACgkQdEpXpumNYVkieACfWZ2NSQGUWGNwkusXmGraUkGZ BO0An3KZBhaasAuDyvsEGT2tc/7A1oYZ =WwA3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
