Bug#1127311: newmat FTBFS with undefined symbol __parse_hwcap_and_convert_at_platform

[Trupti]

On 2026-02-07 23:05, Matthias Klose wrote:
> On 2/6/26 21:51, Trupti wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> This failure was first reported against gcc-15, but further analysis 
>> showed that it is not a GCC bug.
>> The issue lies in the package’s build system, which does not correctly 
>> handle runtime library linking with newer GCC versions.
>> 
>> 
>> Therefore, this report tracks the issue against the package itself.
> 
> while the suggested patch works, you should really consider dropping
> the -nostdlib option. You *are* using the standard library.


I checked this and -nostdlib option is injected by libtool, not set in 
the package sources.
Since it seems hard-coded there, should we avoid using libtool, or is 
there another way to drop it?


Thanks,
Trupti