Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 16:01:44 -0800 (PST)
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To: itami AT hotmail DOT com (Angel Ryan), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: RHIDE linker problems - HELP!
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At 09:18  1/22/1998 -0800, Angel Ryan wrote:

>Creating: hello.exe
>Error: ld.exe: cannot open -lgcc: File format not recognized
>There were some errors
>
>Clearly, something is wrong... I had a similar problem w/ another file 
>named "Crt0.o" But I solved that problem by copying that file from the 
>"/lib" directory to the "/bin" directory. 
Wrong solution. Both these are caused by not having your DJGPP environment
variable set correctly. When you work around the first one, the second one
bites you. Read README.1ST and add the requisite lines to AUTOEXEC.BAT.

Robert, this is a very confusing error message. Can that be changed?

Eli, can this case be added to section 8.1 of the FAQ? I've seen it here a
couple of times.

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net