Hello, I confirm that changes applied to binutils in Ubuntu distribution[1] also work for Debian.
$ tail ../build.log for pkg in bfd gas gprof ld; do \ ln -sf ../binutils/$pkg debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/share/doc/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/$pkg; \ done rm -f debian/substvars dpkg-shlibdeps debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/* dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libdl.so.2 could be avoided if "debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-objcopy debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-addr2line debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-size debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strings debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-nm debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ld debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gprof debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ar debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-as debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-c++filt debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-objdump debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-ranlib" were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols). dpkg-shlibdeps: warning: dependency on libm.so.6 could be avoided if "debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gprof" were not uselessly linked against it (they use none of its symbols). dpkg-gencontrol -isp -cdebian/control.arm-linux-gnueabi -Pdebian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi -pbinutils-arm-linux-gnueabi dpkg --build debian/binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi .. dpkg-deb: s'està construint el paquet «binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi» en «../binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi_2.20.1-3_amd64.deb». [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/+bug/548451 Kind Regards, -- Héctor Orón "Our Sun unleashes tremendous flares expelling hot gas into the Solar System, which one day will disconnect us." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org