>This is (IMO) a bug in the upstream sources. (I'm not sure whether this >is confined to certain directories or not, especially since libc doesn't >have this problem.)
This is the way ELF-ld functions at the moment (as far as I understand it). IMO the programmer's manual (chapter 12) should mention that you should install the -dev packages, if you wish to compile something, since the links are only contained in the -dev packages. Ian? David? David