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From: Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
To: "Nibbe, Evan E" <een180000@utdallas.edu>,
	"binutils@sourceware.org" <binutils@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: How do I fix the ld program (the linker for gcc and g++)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:02:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2712a9a8-c1d3-850f-4668-f937003f2686@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1D757701-2CCD-4554-9A9F-05E9ED9E9413@utdallas.edu>

Hi Evan,

> Currently the ld program got corrupted after I accidentally operated make with root privileges (FreeImage from 

This is really a question for your distribution's maintainers...

> How do I fix this problem? Should I just save all my important files somewhere else and reinstall linux on my computer ?

Yes.  You cannot rebuild the linker without having a working linker present
in the build system, so reinstalling is the only real option available.

Cheers
   Nick


  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-16 13:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-07-14 18:46 Nibbe, Evan E
2021-07-16 13:02 ` Nick Clifton [this message]
2021-07-16 13:35   ` Paul Koning

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