Matthias Scheler <tron@zhadum.org.uk> writes:

> The result of this change is that every package including
> "pkgsrc/devel/binutils/buildlink3.mk" (e.g. "pkgsrc/multimedia/mplayer")
> no requires the "binutils" package from "pkgsrc". This was not necessary
> before and the "mplayer" package could be build without problems that way.

Actually, it's been multimedia/mplayer, which triggered bug.
The "change" changes nothing in this respect, if I understand it right.