I agree with Bhavani, if upstream is dead, removal is probably a good idea.
If not, your changelog entry needs work: "Fix FTBFS binutils-gold with ld --no-add-needed"
How about: "Explicitly link to necessary libraries, fixes FTBFS with ld --no-add-needed".
You should also build-depend on libraries that you are linking to.
I agree with Bhavani, if upstream is dead, removal is probably a good idea.
If not, your changelog entry needs work: "Fix FTBFS binutils-gold with ld --no-add-needed"
How about: "Explicitly link to necessary libraries, fixes FTBFS with ld --no-add-needed".
You should also build-depend on libraries that you are linking to.