Gregory Benjamin wrote: > ca1$ ld --version > GNU ld version 2.14 20030612 These are pretty old versions, you really ought to consider installing the current binutils to go with the current gcc. > --with-as=/usr/local/bin \ Here you need to specify the actual filename of the 'as' and 'ld' you want to use (e.g. /usr/local/bin/as) not the directory that contains them. Brian