Mike Frysinger vapier@gentoo.org
Tue May 12 01:32:00 GMT 2009

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it isnt uncommon for packages to parse the version output of GNU packages.  
typically they take the format:
<program name> (<project name>) <project version>
<copyright/license notices>

so here is `head -n1` of ls, makeinfo, ld, and gcc:
ls (GNU coreutils) 7.4
makeinfo (GNU texinfo) 4.13
GNU ld (Linux/GNU Binutils) 2.19.51.0.4.20090418
gcc (Gentoo 4.3.3-r2) 4.3.3

binutils, gcc, and glibc expect this kind of thing when detecting GNU tool 
versions.  gold however uses a different format:
GNU gold (GNU Binutils 2.19.51.20090510) 1.9

which causes things like glibc to fall over because it finds "1.9" instead of 
"2.19.xxx".  as such, i think the gold version output should be changed to 
something like:
GNU gold (GNU Binutils 1.9) 2.19.51.20090510

or omit the 1.9 completely ...
-mike

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