[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1894407] Re: linux-tools: can perf be linked against libbfd, maybe statically?

2020-09-10 Thread Jay Freeman (saurik)
(Actually, I'm frustrated enough I'm just going to say it explicitly, rather than indirectly: it looks like you didn't read my comment, as even the thrust of your response--that "it's not just about installing different versions of linux-tools"--isn't something I even hinted at as the reason; the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1894407] Re: linux-tools: can perf be linked against libbfd, maybe statically?

2020-09-10 Thread Jay Freeman (saurik)
I not only understood that but explicitly stated as such; not just the reasoning, but also the policy... however, that only applies to dynamic linking: other packages--as I also explicitly demonstrated--link against libbfd statically for this very reason; are you saying that there has been a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1894407] Re: linux-tools: can perf be linked against libbfd, maybe statically?

2020-09-06 Thread Jay Freeman (saurik)
I am leaving a comment to the effect that my issue is not something for which logs are relevant. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1894407] [NEW] linux-tools: can perf be linked against libbfd, maybe statically?

2020-09-05 Thread Jay Freeman (saurik)
Public bug reported: The perf tool has an optional dependency on libbfd. Per Debian policy, and due to some situation involving parallel installations of this library, no packages should link dynamically against libbfd. In the past, bugs have been filed to link perf statically against libbfd in