[SOLVED] Broken linker, GCC 14.2.1 can't even compile "Hello world!"

archbtw2018 · 2024-08-05 18:23:43

The problem started with trying to build the gobuster package from its Git repo since it didn't seem to want to install using an AUR helper or from the PKGBUILD. I seem to be able to configure packages just fine, but every time I go to build anything (test program provided), I am thrown the following error by my linker:

gcc test.cpp 
ld: unknown option: -plugin
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

Anyone have any idea what's going on here?

Edit to add: I have in the past installed the osxcross toolchain to cross-compile for Mac, but have removed it from my system at this point in time if that makes a difference with my problem

Last edited by archbtw2018 (2024-08-05 23:41:36)

seth · 2024-08-05 19:35:05

type -a ld
ld --version
pacman -Qikk binutils

archbtw2018 · 2024-08-05 22:56:32

Here are the outputs

 $ type -a ld
ld is /usr/local/bin/ld
ld is /usr/bin/ld

$ ld -v 
@(#)PROGRAM:ld  PROJECT:ld64-609
BUILD 20:06:19 Apr 24 2023
configured to support archs: armv6 armv7 armv7s arm64 arm64e arm64_32 i386 x86_64 x86_64h armv6m armv7k armv7m armv7em (tvOS)
TAPI support using: TAPI version 11.0.0 (1100.0.11)

$ pacman -Qikk binutils
Name            : binutils
Version         : 2.42+r207+g8a6764d35e5-1
Description     : A set of programs to assemble and manipulate binary and object files
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/
Licenses        : GPL-2.0-or-later  GPL-3.0-or-later  LGPL-2.0-or-later  LGPL-3.0-or-later  GFDL-1.3  FSFAP
Groups          : None
Provides        : libctf.so=0-64  libgprofng.so=0-64  libsframe.so=1-64
Depends On      : glibc  jansson  libelf  zlib  zstd
Optional Deps   : debuginfod: for debuginfod server/client functionality [installed]
Required By     : base-devel  debtap  gcc  mkinitcpio  openucx
Optional For    : inxi
Conflicts With  : binutils-multilib
Replaces        : binutils-multilib
Installed Size  : 40.00 MiB
Packager        : Frederik Schwan <freswa@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Sat 03 Aug 2024 09:54:50 AM CDT
Install Date    : Mon 05 Aug 2024 01:10:26 PM CDT
Install Reason  : Explicitly installed
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

binutils: 423 total files, 0 altered files

Attempting to compile the test program still results in the same linker error in the original post

Allan · 2024-08-05 23:07:56

archbtw2018 wrote:

 $ type -a ld
ld is /usr/local/bin/ld
ld is /usr/bin/ld

The one is /usr/local is causing your trouble...

archbtw2018 · 2024-08-05 23:39:21

Yeah not sure how I ended up with an ld binary in /usr/local. Looks like removing it fixed the issue since it wasn't owned by any other packages

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#1 2024-08-05 18:23:43

[SOLVED] Broken linker, GCC 14.2.1 can't even compile "Hello world!"

#2 2024-08-05 19:35:05

Re: [SOLVED] Broken linker, GCC 14.2.1 can't even compile "Hello world!"

#3 2024-08-05 22:56:32

Re: [SOLVED] Broken linker, GCC 14.2.1 can't even compile "Hello world!"

#4 2024-08-05 23:07:56

Re: [SOLVED] Broken linker, GCC 14.2.1 can't even compile "Hello world!"

#5 2024-08-05 23:39:21

Re: [SOLVED] Broken linker, GCC 14.2.1 can't even compile "Hello world!"

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