Bug#632564: ufsutils: FTBFS with ld --as-needed
Package: ufsutils
Version: 8.2-1
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream patch
User: debian-gcc@lists.debian.org
Usertags: ld-as-needed
The package fails to build when --as-needed linker option is enabled,
because of incorrect order of parameters passed to ld. Here's a log of
failed build in Ubuntu:
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/72730295/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-i386.ufsutils_8.2-1_FAILEDTOBUILD.txt.gz
See also
http://wiki.debian.org/ToolChain/DSOLinking#Only_link_with_needed_libraries
The attached patch was used in Ubuntu to fix the problem.
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ufsutils/8.2-1ubuntu1
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers oneiric
APT policy: (500, 'oneiric')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Description: Change order of libraries so that the linker can work with
--as-needed option.
Author: Ilya Barygin <barygin@gmail.com>
Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/803208
--- ufsutils-8.2.orig/sbin/fsdb/Makefile
+++ ufsutils-8.2/sbin/fsdb/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ PROG = fsdb.ufs
MAN = fsdb.8:fsdb.ufs.8
SRCS = fsdb.c fsdbutil.c
WARNS = 0
-LDADD += -ledit -L../../lib/libufs -lufs -lbsd -L../fsck_ffs -lfsck.ufs
+LDADD += -ledit -L../../lib/libufs -lufs -L../fsck_ffs -lfsck.ufs -lbsd
DPADD += ${LIBEDIT}
INCLUDES = -I../fsck_ffs
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