The configure of the wxWidgets package tests for gcc with a simple test app but during this test ld stops with error unrecognized option '--as-needed' (see log). ============================================ configure:9121: checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works configure:9137: gcc -o conftest conftest.c 1>&5 /usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--as-needed' /usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information collect2: ld returned 1 exit status configure: failed program was: #line 9132 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" main(){return(0);} ============================================ Does anyone know why gcc calls ld with this option and how I could correct it? I use Debian/sarge with gcc -dumpversion 3.3.4 ld -V GNU ld version 2.14.90.0.7 20031029 Debian GNU/Linux O. Wyss -- See a huge pile of work at "http://wyodesktop.sourceforge.net/"