> > Hi there, > This is my first message to the list, so don't be too rough on me :-) > I am trying to copile gaussian 03 (a software for quantum > mechanics on > chemistry) on fedora 3 but i am having problems with the > library crtbeginS.o > ld never finds the file and i get the message > /usr/bin/ld: /crtbeginS.o: No such file: No such file or directory > I installed the libs that provide this file and the file is in > /usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.2/crtbeginS.o, apart from that i > installed compat-gcc-7.3-2.96.118 to have the older version > of the lib > but ld still can't use it. > > Needed to say that the "older" crtbeginS.o is under > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux7/2.96/ and i added the > path to ld.so.conf > > can anyone help with this please? > > Thank you so much, > nb > > -- > Nelson Brito > http://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/ntbrito > > Just a a check, make sure you are doing the link with gcc rather than ld directly. gcc does some setup work before calling ld. I could not produce your exact message, but stuff shows up missing if you try to use ld directly. Bob Styma