Bug#334491: gnome-games: please reinstate versioned build-dependency on binutils

[Loic Minier]

        Hi,

On mar, oct 18, 2005, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> >From changelog.Debian:
>   * Remove versionned build-dep on binutils as a version with fixed
>     --as-needed is in unstable.
> Your package still build-depends on ld with working --as-needed. Just because
> unstable has this on some architecures doesn't make it universal. Take a sparc
> tracking testing, for example: it will still have the borken ld (from binutils
> 2.16.1-2).

 Currently, build-dependencies don't have to be satisfied in testing,
 but only in unstable, and buildds are tracking unstable.

 I removed the versionned build-depend because the feature is used in
 other packages, without any build-depends, and this package was an
 exception and couldn't migrate to testing.

 I don't know what's the plan for build-deps in testing and for the
 release, but I think that what ought to be fixed before releasing is
 binutils, not gnome-games.

 Let me know if you have any other information on the topic from eg
 ftpmasters or release team.

   Cheers,

-- 
Loïc Minier <lool at dooz.org>