Bug 369563

Summary:	net-mail/gnubiff fails because of underlinking
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Net-Mail Packages <net-mail+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Build log

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-31 18:46:55 UTC

Created attachment 275393 [details]
Build log

Hello there!

You're getting this bug because the package in Summary failed to build in my tinderbox using the gold link editor from binutils. Before closing the bug as INVALID let me explain why this is still important!

The gold link editor does not support underlinking of shared objects, which is something I have described in my blog post:

http://blog.flameeyes.eu/2010/11/26/it-s-not-all-gold-that-shines-why-underlinking-is-a-bad-thing

Even the basic link editor (ld.bfd) has an option to support this but it is a heck to enable and get passed, so linking with gold is simply quicker.

Fixing underlinking provides optimized --as-needed builds (because the "softer" version no longer need to recover libraries that are underlinked), so it is a Good Thing To Do.

Thank you very much for the attention!

Comment 1 Eray Aslan gentoo-dev

2011-06-04 20:14:37 UTC

+*gnubiff-2.2.13-r2 (04 Jun 2011)
+
+  04 Jun 2011; Eray Aslan <eras@gentoo.org> +gnubiff-2.2.13-r2.ebuild,
+  +files/gnubiff-2.2.13-gold.patch:
+  Fix linking with gold - bug #369563. EAPI bump
+