See also the binutils-dev package description, which explicitly forbids linking Debian packages dynamically with libbfd:
Package: binutils-dev Description: The GNU binary utilities (BFD development files) This package includes header files and static libraries necessary to build programs which use the GNU BFD library, which is part of binutils. Note that building Debian packages which depend on the shared libbfd is Not Allowed. The same thing happened to oprofile several times until it was finally fixed to link libbfd statically (http://bugs.debian.org/537744, http://bugs.debian.org/573905, bug 426614, bug 588033). ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #537744 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=537744 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #573905 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=573905 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/783660 Title: linux-tools: perf should link statically to libbfd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/783660/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
