Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > 2. the linker binary is actually called collect2 and not ld. > > is there a reason for that (I'm using a FC5 system) ? > > The linker is ld, collect2 is just a helper program. Please see > <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Initialization.html>, in > particular the last bit, for the explanation. And you can see how collect2 invokes ld by using the option -Wl,-debug. Ian