On Sat, Oct 26, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Colin Watson wrote: > Linking in the correct order is not a workaround; it's being correct.
I wasn't talking about link-order stuff but about dependency inflation; binaries linking against libraries that aren't used by the binaries linking against them. IIRC this is the purpose of --as-needed and what it works around. To clarify further, I think --as-needed should be the default in GCC upstream, not just in Ubuntu or elsewhere. Debian should not make it the default before upstream do. Until it becomes the default in GCC upstream, Debian should send patches to remove dependency inflation from upstream build systems. If the linker generates errors then we will be forced to send patches but if the linker just warns then we would have to rely on the buildd log scanner reporting these issues to maintainers via the PTS. Hopefully our upstreams will eventually start using the new GCC and begin fixing these issues on their own. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAKTje6G-r-prrxL=L1DY6-Q+OCjj=cwjkys2y26rxh2r09k...@mail.gmail.com
