let gold ignore the -fuse-ld option passed by newer GCC versions

fixed in 14.04 LTS and later releases

Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected,

Accepted binutils into precise-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.22-6ubuntu1.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

Hello Matthias, or anyone else affected,

Accepted binutils into lucid-proposed. The package will build now and be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.20.1-3ubuntu7.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

the package built everywhere. the flag is accepted, and ignored. checked on precise and lucid

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.22-6ubuntu1.3

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binutils (2.22-6ubuntu1.3) precise-proposed; urgency=medium

  * gold: Add -fuse-ld= for GCC linker option compatibility. LP: #1438244.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:52:07 +0200

The verification of the Stable Release Update for binutils has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.20.1-3ubuntu7.3

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binutils (2.20.1-3ubuntu7.3) lucid-proposed; urgency=medium

  * gold: Add -fuse-ld= for GCC linker option compatibility. LP: #1438244.
 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:08:48 +0200