In article <22s21b$b2b@bashful.cc.utexas.edu> chani@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Charles) writes:
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>Since I have installed gcc-i486-2.4.5.tar.gz off of sunsite.unc.edu, I seem
>to be unable to link after compilation.  For instance, lilo:
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>cc -o lilo  lilo.o map.o geometry.o boot.o device.o common.o bsect.o cfg.o temp.o partition.o identify.o
>ld: unrecognized option `-m486'
>Usage: ld [-d] [-dc] [-dp] [-e symbol] [-l lib] [-n] [-noinhibit-exec]

You didn't get the new linker.  There is a package of updated utilities
in the same directory you found gcc.  (I thought this to be a bug myself
when I first encountered it, but the kind folks who maintain the bug
reports set me straight).

Jonathan

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