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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 <doko@xxxxxxxxxx>   Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:08:48 +0200

** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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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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