Bug#382277: libglu1-mesa-dev: linking to libGLU gives error

[HB]

Package: libglu1-mesa-dev
Version: 6.4.2-1
Severity: important

compiling an empty program  program with gcc -lGLU test.c gives the following error 
~temp$ gcc -lGLU test.c
/usr/bin/ld: BFD 2.17 Debian GNU/Linux assertion fail
.../../bfd/elflink.c:6261
/usr/bin/ld: a.out: hidden symbol _fini_array_end' in a.out is referenced by DSO
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I've no idea what causes this. 

/* test.c */
int main () {
  return 0;
}

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-2-k7
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages libglu1-mesa-dev depends on:
ii  libgl1-mesa-dev [libgl-dev]   6.4.2-1    A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libglu1-mesa                  6.4.2-1    The OpenGL utility library (GLU)

libglu1-mesa-dev recommends no packages.

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