Index: libsndfile-1.0.25-r1.ebuild
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/media-libs/libsndfile/libsndfile-1.0.25-r1.ebuild,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -B -r1.15 libsndfile-1.0.25-r1.ebuild
--- libsndfile-1.0.25-r1.ebuild	13 Aug 2014 09:34:59 -0000	1.15
+++ libsndfile-1.0.25-r1.ebuild	10 Nov 2014 18:36:13 -0000
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@
 
 S=${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}
 
+pkg_pretend() {
+        if [[ ${MERGE_TYPE} != binary ]]; then
+                # Bug 499450
+                if ! test-flags-CC -fuse-ld=bfd &>/dev/null &&
+                        $(tc-getLD) --version | grep -q "GNU gold"; then
+                        eerror "${CATEGORY}/${PN} does not link with ld.gold, and toolchain doesn't support -fuse-ld."
+                        eerror "Please select the bfd linker with binutils-config."
+                        die "GNU gold detected"
+                fi
+        fi
+}
+
+
 src_prepare() {
 	# fix adding largefile flags on amd64 multilib
 	# https://github.com/erikd/libsndfile/commit/d464da7dba4d5
@@ -55,6 +68,9 @@
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	# Bug 499450
+	append-ldflags $(test-flags-CC -fuse-ld=bfd)
+
 	my_configure() {
 		local myeconfargs=(
 			--htmldir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/share/doc/${PF}/html