Bug 371449

Summary:	www-client/surf fails because of underlinking
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) <flameeyes>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) <jer>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	372079
Attachments:	Build log

Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-06-13 18:22:06 UTC

Created attachment 276935 [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

2011-06-17 16:50:46 UTC

1) How do I get that gold linker installed?
2) Where in the attached build log do I spot the difference between ld and gold?

Thanks.

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-08-10 17:22:28 UTC

I can't find anything wrong with this. Please explain how to reproduce whatever problem you are seeing, and how to actually see the problem, and then perhaps reopen this bug report.