Bug 370159

Summary:	gpe-utils/gpe-what - gpe-what.o:gpe-what.c:function find_deepest_window: error: undefined reference to 'XTranslateCoordinates'
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	GPE Desktop project <gpe>
Status:	RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Severity:	normal	CC:	toralf
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	535844
Bug Blocks:	372079
Attachments:	Build log

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-06-05 16:19:13 UTC

Created attachment 275933 [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 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-20 07:39:15 UTC

*** Bug 540700 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-02-20 07:39:33 UTC

*** Bug 540668 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Manuel Rüger (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2015-07-02 11:03:50 UTC

Package has been removed from the tree.