Quick prove follow-up, sorry for dounple-posting > You can. Ld never checks for its existence. This one is for non-existing file: /home/michaels/rg.ulibc/pkg/ulibc/extra/gcc-uClibc/gcc-uClibc-i386 -L/home/michaels/rg.ulibc/pkg/ulibc -Wl,-warn-common -o busybox cat.o chmod_chown_chgrp.o clear.o cmdedit.o cp_mv.o date.o df.o dirname.o du.o echo.o find.o grep.o gunzip.o gzip.o halt.o head.o hostname.o id.o ifconfig.o init.o insmod.o interface.o kill.o klogd.o ln.o logger.o ls.o lsmod.o mkdir.o mknod.o more.o mount.o mtab.o nfsmount.o nslookup.o ping.o poweroff.o ps.o pwd.o reboot.o reset.o rm.o rmdir.o rmmod.o route.o sed.o sh.o sleep.o stty.o sync.o syslogd.o tail.o tar.o tee.o telnet.o test.o tftp.o touch.o true_false.o tty.o umount.o uname.o usleep.o which.o whoami.o xargs.o yes.o busybox.o messages.o usage.o utility.o i386-linux-gcc: /lib/ld-ulibc.so.1: No such file or directory i386-linux-gcc: /lib/ld-ulibc.so.1: No such file or directory make: *** [busybox] Error 1 [michaels@kobie busybox]$ This one for empty file: /home/michaels/rg.ulibc/pkg/ulibc/extra/gcc-uClibc/gcc-uClibc-i386 -L/home/michaels/rg.ulibc/pkg/ulibc -Wl,-warn-common -o busybox cat.o chmod_chown_chgrp.o clear.o cmdedit.o cp_mv.o date.o df.o dirname.o du.o echo.o find.o grep.o gunzip.o gzip.o halt.o head.o hostname.o id.o ifconfig.o init.o insmod.o interface.o kill.o klogd.o ln.o logger.o ls.o lsmod.o mkdir.o mknod.o more.o mount.o mtab.o nfsmount.o nslookup.o ping.o poweroff.o ps.o pwd.o reboot.o reset.o rm.o rmdir.o rmmod.o route.o sed.o sh.o sleep.o stty.o sync.o syslogd.o tail.o tar.o tee.o telnet.o test.o tftp.o touch.o true_false.o tty.o umount.o uname.o usleep.o which.o whoami.o xargs.o yes.o busybox.o messages.o usage.o utility.o /lib/ld-ulibc.so.1: file not recognized: File truncated collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [busybox] Error 1 [michaels@kobie busybox]$ -- Sincerely yours, Michael Shmulevich ______________________________________ Software Developer Jungo - R&D email: michaels@jungo.com web: http://www.jungo.com Phone: 1-877-514-0537(USA) +972-9-8859365(Worldwide) ext. 233 Fax: 1-877-514-0538(USA) +972-9-8859366(Worldwide)