Bill Allombert wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:05:40AM +0100, Peter Fritzsche wrote:
> > Source: pari
> > Version: 2.3.4-2
> > Severity: minor
> > User: [email protected]
> > Usertags: no-add-needed
> >
> > Tried to build your package and it fails to build with GNU binutils-gold.
> > The important difference is that --no-add-needed is the default behavior
> > of of GNU binutils-gold. Please provide all needed libraries to the
> > linker when building your executables.
> >
> > More informations can be found at
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS#A2009-11-02Packagesfailingbeca
> >usebinutils-gold.2BAC8-indirectlinking
>
> Hello Peter,
> Thanks for the report, and I agree with the issue (I forgot plotport used
> libm).
>
> However I am slightly concerned that this policy is opposite to another one
> that say to never link binaries against library they do not use directly,
> to avoid spurious dependencies.
You use it directly as you link to plotport.o which must be linked to libm.
You must always resolve symbols of objects you link to. It wouldn't be the
case if you link to libplotport.so.
Best regards,
Peter
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