Created attachment 277173 [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!
*** Bug 497430 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I get this same error even switching to the BFD linker (via package.env): /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.bfd: plugin.o: undefined reference to symbol 'dlclose@@GLIBC_2.2.5' /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.2/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld.bfd: note: 'dlclose@@GLIBC_2.2.5' is defined in DSO /lib64/libdl.so.2 so try adding it to the linker command line /lib64/libdl.so.2: could not read symbols: Invalid operation So this is not just a Gold error. The fix is to add "-ldl -lm" to the LDFLAGS.
I wonder if we should maybe treeclean this as upstream is clearly dead for ages, Debian dropped it due some unresolved bugs with recent X versions: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632110 and is also the last consumer of old gnome-menus slot :/ What do you think?
+1 for removal, we shouldn't ship anything using the old gnome2 core anymore, and gnome-menus is part of that
I'm okay with removal
dropped
