On 15.07.19 16:36, Paul Gevers wrote: > Hi Matthias, > > On 08-07-2019 14:57, Matthias Klose wrote: >> Please binNUM these packages for the recent binutils upload to unstable: >> >> boinc-app-eah-brp 0.20170426+dfsg-10 >> naev 0.7.0-2 >> tulip 4.8.0dfsg-2 >> wcc 0.0.2+dfsg-3 (amd64 only) > > boinc-app-eah-brp can't be rebuild (#887880). > tulip can't be rebuild (#853688, filed by you). > > binNMU'ed wcc and naev. > > Thanks. > > Just one request, can you enlighten me as to where these strict > dependencies on libutils come from?
because of potential incompatibilities with new upstream versions, such that binutils itself ftbfs when the soname is not bumped. Note that binutils doesn't provide a stable ABI and API for the shared libs, therefore the recommendation to statically link with those libs if you need to.
