Apt-get :: binutils from apt caused error



Hi. I was getting the packages make and g++ through synaptic when I encountered this error. Synapic message terminal pops up under heading "configuring binutils", telling me there's a bug in the linker with my version of binutils, then dpkg returns an error and the install doesn't finish. Is there a workaround or something?
Same thing happened to me.  Both in apt and synaptic, error "1" popped up with some kind of debian dpkg error.  Dont know enough to figure it out cuz I thougth apt-get was the ez thing to do???? :angry:
I guess it must take a lot of effort to acknowledge a bug when people tell you about them?
Here's a thought.

Call me crazy but maybe if you write down the error message and post it, somebody here might be able to help.
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Debian Configuration

 lqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqu [!] Configuring Binutils tqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqk
 x                                                                          x
 x Kernel link failure info                                                 x
 x                                                                          x
 x You may experience problems linking older (and some newer) kernels with  x
 x this version of binutils.  This is not because of a bug in the linker,   x
 x but rather a bug in the kernel source.  This is being worked out and     x
 x fixed by the upstream kernel group in newer kernels, but not all of the  x
 x problems may have been fixed at this time.  Older kernel versions will   x
 x almost always exhibit the problem, however, and no attempts are being    x
 x made to fix those that we know of.                                       x
 x                                                                          x
 x There are a few work-arounds, but the most reliable is to edit the       x
 x linker script for your architecture (e.g. arch/i386/vmlinux.lds) and     x
 x remove the '*(.text.exit)' entry from the 'DISCARD' line.  It will       x
 x bloat the kernel somewhat, but it should link properly.                  x
 x                                                                          x
 x                                  <Ok>                                    x
 x                                                                          x
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Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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