[Bug 557910] Re: binutils-gold replaces standard ld

[Bernhard Brunner]

Just a note: if binutils-gold is installed, linking applications that
use libgsl and libgslcblas will result in an application which will fail
because libgslcblas is not corretly linked in. Details on how to
reproduce are here:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14405601/gnu-scientific-library-
cblas-symbol-lookup-error

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Title:
  binutils-gold replaces standard ld

Status in “binutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: binutils

  I'm playing around with ld.gold and was quite surprised that it just
  replaces the standard linker. Surprising because it seems to be
  impossible to link a working kernel using ld and I did not find a way
  to tell the kernel build process, which linker-binary it should use.

  I'd prefer some symlinks in a directory not normally searched by the
  shell so I can enable gold if I want by adding the correct path to
  PATH (this is very similar to the ccache approach, which provides
  links to gcc, g++ etc. in /usr/lib/ccache).

  Description:	Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
  Release:	10.04

  binutils-gold:
    Installed: 2.20.1-3ubuntu4
    Candidate: 2.20.1-3ubuntu4
    Version table:
   *** 2.20.1-3ubuntu4 0
          500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/universe Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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