[fpc-pascal] Error during linkage editing?

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006, Nightrider wrote:

> I'm trying my first compilation under mandriva 2006 and receive a message I
> can solve, may someone you help me?
> 
> See snapshot below:
> 
> 
> [ricardo at c9511810 prog_apoio]$ fpc geratestadoresintegridadereferencial
> Free Pascal Compiler version 2.0.4 [2006/08/20] for i386
> Copyright (c) 1993-2006 by Florian Klaempfl
> Target OS: Linux for i386
> Compiling geratestadoresintegridadereferencial.pas
> geratestadoresintegridadereferencial.pas(2,8) Note: Ignored compiler switch
> "$G"
> Linking geratestadoresintegridadereferencial
> *Error: Util ld not found, switching to external linking*
> Error: /usr/bin/ppc386 returned an error exitcode (normal if you did not
> specify a source file to be compiled)
> [ricardo at c9511810 prog_apoio]$

You must install the binutils package. The compiler does not find the GNU linker
(ld), and the gnu linker is installed if you install the binutils package.

Michael.