Package: gzrt
Version: 0.5-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: [email protected]
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/70851173/buildlog_ubuntu-oneiric-i386.gzrt_0.5-2_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/gzrt/0.5-2ubuntu1

-- 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: use correct flag, so that the implicit rule places library after
 object file. Fixes linking failure with --as-needed.
Author: Ilya Barygin <[email protected]>
Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/770899
--- gzrt-0.5.orig/Makefile
+++ gzrt-0.5/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CFLAGS += -Wall -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 
-LDFLAGS += -lz
+LDLIBS += -lz
 
 all: gzrecover
 

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