Amish C++ <amishcplusplus@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I am getting the following error when I try to compile > a simple 'hello world' program. : > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-slackware-linux/3.3.4/../../../../i486-slackware-linux/bin/ld: > unrecognized option '--as-needed' > It's looking for the assembler program but for some > reason can't find it and I don't know where to look > for it. What happened was that I upgraded GCC from 3.2 > to 3.3.4. GCC was working fine before but now it gives > me this error. Can anybody help me fix this? You need a newer version of the linker. The --as-needed option was added in binutils 2.15. Normally if you build the compiler yourself it will determine whether the system linker supports the --as-needed option, and decide whether to use it based on that. I'm guessing that you did not build the compiler yourself, and that whoever did build it built it on a system with binutils 2.15 installed. Ian
