On 11 July 2012 04:06, Arthur Schwarz <aschwarz1309@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there any book, manual, notes, etc. that contains a listing of all diagnostic > messages with some description of their meanings. I'm dying here with the > messaging and other than Google, have difficulty understanding some of them. My > fault not yours. It would help to have a document. I've looked around at > gcc.gnu.org and nothing pops out at me. > > Less we get into some odd state where someone says "the messages say what they > mean" or the "message meaning is obvious", there is at least one loader message > where this is not the case. A document would be helpful. The best you'll find is probably: http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/VerboseDiagnostics http://www.network-theory.co.uk/docs/gccintro/gccintro_94.html But if you're looking for a linker error then it's not a GCC error, so that might not help.