>Number:         20088
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       Linker error under Zoularis / Sun OS 5.8 with gnubinutils 2.11.2
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 27 17:23:01 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Jesse Kempf
>Release:        Zoularis on SunOS 5.8
>Organization:
>Environment:
SunOS Vorlon1.wuli.nu 5.8 Generic_108528-18 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-60
>Description:
In Zoularis, option -B is passed to ld, which is unsupported in gnubinutils, causing a fatal error when building wmakerconf and similar.
>How-To-Repeat:
Attempting to build wmakerconf in the ports tree using Zoularis, or any package sending -B to ld.
>Fix:
Temporary workaround: use Sun's ld when necessary.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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