linux-tools-* dependency on binutils

[Chase Douglas]

On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 10:44 +0200, Loïc Minier wrote:
> Hi folks
> 
>  Currently linux-tools-* has a versioned dependency on the binutils
>  upstream version it was built for.  This is a normal result of linking
>  to libbfd which has strict shlibs due to a moving ABI.
> 
>  Would it make sense to add a static libbfd to binutils and to link
>  linux-tools statically with this lib (and only this lib)?

For added context, this is for perf probe support. We would need to look
into hacking the perf build system to support static linking I bet. It
does not use any standard autotools or similar system; it's merely a set
of makefiles.

-- Chase