Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 21:02:36 -0500
Message-Id: <199611150202.VAA26189@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: aclemmer AT juno DOT com
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <19961114.200112.8423.0.aclemmer@juno.com>
Subject: Re: ld2.4 vs ld2.5.2


> 	According to Scitech Software, there was a bug in ld2.5.2 that
> would cause it to have errors when linking one of their object files.  So
> they said to use ld2.4, since that would properly link this file.  So I
> would like to know if it is a bad idea to use an older version of the
> linker with djgpp v2.0, and if there is a new version of the linker with
> the bug fixed.

The binutils 2.7 ld is slightly less buggy than the 2.5 and 2.6
linkers.  It can link the problem file in povray (_pmlite.o), but only
if you take it out of the library and link it explicitely on the
command line.