Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:14:26 +0100
From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Message-Id: <199812011314.OAA22610@acp3bf.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: unrecognized option '-i386'
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Organization: RWTH Aachen, III. physikalisches Institut B
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

In article <l03110703b28859b01b2e@[158.186.74.236]> you wrote:
> I cannot compile any source files with gcc. I get the error message
> "unrecognized option '-i386'"
[...]

> Here is the error file (compiled with -v):
[...]
>  c:/djgpp/bin/as.exe
> *asm_final:*cpp:*cc1:*cc1plus:*endfile:*link:*link_command:
> *lib:-lc*startfile:crt0.o*switches_need_spaces:*signed_char:*predefines:-Dunix -
> Di386 -DGO32 -DMSDOS -DDJGPP=2 -DDJGPP_MINOR=1*cross_compile:0 -o caw_io.o
> c:/temp/RHaaaaaa\ccbquhte

> c:/djgpp/bin/as.exe: unrecognized option `-i386'

This part of the error output is completely crazy. The text you see is
actually the content of the 'specs' file (read by gcc.exe). This
*might* be a virus, maybe the same one reported by an 'anonymous' in
another thread in this newsgroup (Subject: Seems to be installed OK
but I get weird behaviour). Could you please try to diagnose a
possible infection? If you need help with that, feel free to ask me,
personally.

--
Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.