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Re: depending on shared libbfd from binutils-dev



On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 07:54:53PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > Because libbfd does not have a stable ABI suitable for public use, nor is
> > there currently a way to express a dependency on this library without
> > things breaking (you can't depend on "binutils" and have any guarantee of
> > getting the correct lib).
> 
> Does make me wonder why we ship libbfd.so and libopcodes.so, instead of
> just the static libraries.

To reduce the size of the binutils package, iirc. It has about a dozen
binaries, all of which need libbfd.

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