Bug#575448: please package gcc-4.5's gold LTO plugin!

[Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com>]

On 2010-03-26 13:40, Török Edwin wrote:
> I found the LTO plugin here (it was not installed by the package)
> ./debian/tmp/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/liblto_plugin.so
> 
> So I copied it to /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.5/liblto_plugin.so
> manally, and -fuse-linker-plugin seems to be working now
> (well I get an ICE from it when trying to build ClamAV, will open a bug
> about that shortly).

... and its not working, see
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42453
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41584

I hit that bug while building libclamav with -flto -fuse-linker-plugin
(after hacking libtool to pass the flags).

Until those bugs are not fixed, I think you can leave gcc-4.5 package as
is (without LTO plugin).

Best regards,
--Edwin