Iain Worlock <iworlock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The flag '-std=c99' was not recognised, but as gcc 2.91.66 is pre 1999 > I didn't find that surprising & removed this. The real problem I have > is that a few files in to the compile, I get an 'Error: unresolved > relocation' in a temporary asm file (/tmp/XYZ.s). If I remove the > -fPIC flag (position independent code), compilation goes a little > further but fails on link. As I am trying to build a library, I'm > assuming that I actually do want to specify -fPIC, but have no idea > what the unresolved relocation is referring to, or how to resolve it. Show us a small test case, with the generated assembly code. I don't know what that error message means. It is quite likely that it is simply a bug in the ancient toolchain you are using. Ian