On 2013-08-15 15:58, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.15 > Severity: important > > Hi, >
Hi, > After the binutils 2.23.52.20130612-1 entered the archive lots of C++ programs > that don't explicitly use the libc produce: > E: library-not-linked-against-libc > messages. This issue was first reported to binutils in #712081, but the > upstream developers claim its working as intended (when only weak symbols are > used there is no strict dependency). > Do you have a reference to upstream's claim for reference? > I'm no expert in this area, but I think that either the lintian error is > wrong or the issue needs a more deep discussion/approach. > Not a huge expert either. > It's likely that the lintian test needs to be improved to take into account > weak symbols, but this might be not trivial. > > [...] > > Quite possible. ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
