Public bug reported: The attachment is extracted from one of lintian's self tests.
I ran the following experiment on a Natty (i386) installation: $ gcc -o basic basic.c $ objcopy --only-keep-debug basic basic.copy $ file basic basic.copy basic: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, not stripped basic.copy: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), statically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.15, not stripped This does not happen on amd64 arch. Also I tried in on a Debian (i386) chroot, and this problem does not happen. ** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808767 Title: objdump --only-keep-debug cause the resulting binary to be statically linked on i386 arch To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/808767/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs