Re: Maybe binutils needs a backport

[Cyril Lavier <cyril.lavier@davromaniak.eu>]

On 05/31/2011 10:59 AM, Cyril LAVIER wrote:
> Hi.
>
> This weekend, I tried to update my chromium backport package, but it 
> appears they switched to binutils-gold package.
>
> But the compilation failed during the linking process, as it used all 
> remaining file descriptors, and was unable to free enough to continue 
> linking. Maybe it's because of a leak, or anything else.
>
> By the way, I backported the binutils package suite, and then tried 
> again to compile, and it worked.
>
> So I uploaded the package to mentors : 
> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/b/binutils/
>
> Frankly, I don't know if it's good to have this in the backports now, 
> but it will be needed when chromium will pass from the unstable to the 
> testing branch, and will be eligible for backport.
>
> Thanks.
Hi.

A new version of binutils is now available in testing, so I worked on a 
backport.

It's also on mentors, at the same address as below.

Thanks.