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[Adam Conrad <adconrad@xxxxxxx>]

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1438244

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

Status in binutils package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in binutils source package in Lucid:
  Fix Released
Status in binutils source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  GCC 4.9 and newer versinos (and 4.8 patched for Ubuntu) pass the
  -fuse-ld option to the linker. gold in precise errors out with

  /usr/bin/ld.gold: fatal error: -f/--auxiliary may not be used without -shared
  collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

  Let gold understand (and ignore) this option.

  Test: ld.gold accepts this option.

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