$ ./ld --verbose GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.25.2   Supported emulations:    i386pe using internal linker script: ================================================== /* Default linker script, for normal executables */ /* Copyright (C) 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.    Copying and distribution of this script, with or without modification,    are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright    notice and this notice are preserved.  */ OUTPUT_FORMAT(pei-i386) SEARCH_DIR("/usr/i686-pc-cygwin/lib"); SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib"); SEARCH_DIR("/usr/lib/w32api"); There is no libraries under /usr/i686-pc-cygwin/lib or /usr/lib or /usr/lib/w32api Instead, they located at /usr/i686-w64-mingw32/sys-root/mingw/lib; /lib and /lib/w32api accordingly I've used 2.877 version of cygwin setup-x86.exe $ cygcheck -c Cygwin Package Information Package                               Version                Status List of installed packages: _autorebase                           001004-1               OK alternatives                          1.3.30c-10             OK autoconf                              13-1                   OK autoconf2.1                           2.13-12                OK autoconf2.5                           2.69-3                 OK base-cygwin                           3.8-1                  OK base-files                            4.2-4                  OK bash                                  4.4.12-3               OK binutils                              2.25-4                 OK bzip2                                 1.0.6-3                OK ca-certificates                       2.11-1                 OK coreutils                             8.26-2                 OK csih                                  0.9.9-1                OK cygrunsrv                             1.62-1                 OK cygutils                              1.4.15-2               OK cygwin                                2.7.0-1                OK cygwin-devel                          2.7.0-1                OK dash                                  0.5.9.1-1              OK desktop-file-utils                    0.23-1                 OK diffutils                             3.5-2                  OK editrights                            1.03-1                 OK file                                  5.25-1                 OK findutils                             4.6.0-1                OK gamin                                 0.1.10-15              OK gawk                                  4.1.4-3                OK gcc-core                              5.4.0-1                OK gcc-g++                               5.4.0-1                OK gcc-objc                              5.4.0-1                OK getent                                2.18.90-4              OK gettext                               0.19.8.1-2             OK gettext-devel                         0.19.8.1-2             OK git                                   2.8.3-1                OK grep                                  3.0-2                  OK groff                                 1.22.3-1               OK gsettings-desktop-schemas             3.18.1-1               OK gzip                                  1.8-1                  OK hostname                              3.13-1                 OK info                                  6.1-2                  OK ipc-utils                             1.0-1                  OK less                                  481-1                  OK libargp                               20110921-3             OK libatomic1                            5.4.0-1                OK libattr1                              2.4.46-1               OK libblkid1                             2.25.2-2               OK libbz2_1                              1.0.6-3                OK libcharset1                           1.14-3                 OK libcom_err2                           1.42.12-2              OK libcroco0.6_3                         0.6.11-1               OK libcrypt0                             1.4-1                  OK libcurl4                              7.52.1-1               OK libdb4.8                              4.8.30-1               OK libdb5.3                              5.3.28-1               OK libedit0                              20130712-1             OK libexpat1                             2.2.0-0                OK libfam0                               0.1.10-15              OK libffi6                               3.2.1-1                OK libgcc1                               5.4.0-1                OK libgdbm4                              1.12-1                 OK libglib2.0_0                          2.46.2-4               OK libgmp10                              6.1.2-1                OK libgnutls28                           3.3.17-1               OK libgomp1                              5.4.0-1                OK libgssapi_krb5_2                      1.14.4-1               OK libguile17                            1.8.8-1                OK libhogweed2                           2.7.1-1                OK libiconv                              1.14-3                 OK libiconv-devel                        1.14-3                 OK libiconv2                             1.14-3                 OK libidn11                              1.29-1                 OK libidn2_0                             0.11-1                 OK libintl-devel                         0.19.8.1-2             OK libintl8                              0.19.8.1-2             OK libisl13                              0.14.1-1               OK libk5crypto3                          1.14.4-1               OK libkrb5_3                             1.14.4-1               OK libkrb5support0                       1.14.4-1               OK libltdl7                              2.4.6-4                OK liblzma5                              5.2.2-1                OK libmpc3                               1.0.3-1                OK libmpfr4                              3.1.5-1                OK libncursesw10                         6.0-9.20170121         OK libnettle4                            2.7.1-1                OK libnghttp2_14                         1.14.0-1               OK libobjc4                              5.4.0-1                OK libopenldap2_4_2                      2.4.42-1               OK libopenssl100                         1.0.2k-1               OK libp11-kit0                           0.22.1-1               OK libpcre1                              8.40-1                 OK libpipeline1                          1.4.0-1                OK libpng-devel                          1.6.28-1               OK libpng16                              1.6.28-1               OK libpng16-devel                        1.6.28-1               OK libpopt-common                        1.16-2                 OK libpopt0                              1.16-2                 OK libpsl5                               0.17.0-1               OK libquadmath0                          5.4.0-1                OK libreadline7                          7.0.3-3                OK libsasl2_3                            2.1.26-9               OK libsigsegv2                           2.10-2                 OK libsmartcols1                         2.25.2-2               OK libsqlite3_0                          3.16.2-1               OK libssh2_1                             1.7.0-1                OK libssp0                               5.4.0-1                OK libstdc++6                            5.4.0-1                OK libtasn1_6                            4.9-1                  OK libunistring2                         0.9.6-1                OK libuuid-devel                         2.25.2-2               OK libuuid1                              2.25.2-2               OK libvtv0                               5.4.0-1                OK libxml2                               2.9.4-1                OK login                                 1.11-1                 OK m4                                    1.4.18-1               OK make                                  4.2.1-1                OK man-db                                2.7.5-2                OK mingw64-i686-atk1.0                   2.18.0-1               OK mingw64-i686-binutils                 2.25.0.1.23f238d-1     OK mingw64-i686-bzip2                    1.0.6-4                OK mingw64-i686-cairo                    1.14.4-1               OK mingw64-i686-expat                    2.2.0-1                OK mingw64-i686-fontconfig               2.12.1-1               OK mingw64-i686-freetype2                2.6.5-1                OK mingw64-i686-gcc-core                 5.4.0-4                OK mingw64-i686-gcc-g++                  5.4.0-4                OK mingw64-i686-gdk-pixbuf2.0            2.32.3-1               OK mingw64-i686-gettext                  0.19.8.1-2             OK mingw64-i686-glew                     1.13.0-1               OK mingw64-i686-glib2.0                  2.46.2-1               OK mingw64-i686-gtk2.0                   2.24.31-1              OK mingw64-i686-harfbuzz                 1.3.3-1                OK mingw64-i686-headers                  5.0.1-1                OK mingw64-i686-jasper                   1.900.13-1             OK mingw64-i686-jbigkit                  2.1-1                  OK mingw64-i686-libffi                   3.2.1-1                OK mingw64-i686-libjpeg-turbo            1.5.0-1                OK mingw64-i686-libpng                   1.6.28-1               OK mingw64-i686-lzo2                     2.08-1                 OK mingw64-i686-pango1.0                 1.38.1-1               OK mingw64-i686-pixman                   0.34.0-1               OK mingw64-i686-pkg-config               0.29.1-1               OK mingw64-i686-runtime                  5.0.1-1                OK mingw64-i686-tiff                     4.0.6-1                OK mingw64-i686-win-iconv                0.0.6-2                OK mingw64-i686-windows-default-manifest 6.4-1                  OK mingw64-i686-winpthreads              5.0.1-1                OK mingw64-i686-xz                       5.2.1-1                OK mingw64-i686-zlib                     1.2.8-4                OK mintty                                2.7.4-0                OK ncurses                               6.0-9.20170121         OK openssh                               7.4p1-1                OK openssl                               1.0.2k-1               OK p11-kit                               0.22.1-1               OK p11-kit-trust                         0.22.1-1               OK perl                                  5.22.3-1               OK perl-Carp                             1.38-1                 OK perl-Error                            0.17024-1              OK perl-TermReadKey                      2.37-1                 OK perl_autorebase                       5.22.3-1               OK perl_base                             5.22.3-1               OK pkg-config                            0.29.1-1               OK publicsuffix-list-dafsa               20170206-1             OK python                                2.7.12-1               OK python3                               3.4.5-1                OK rebase                                4.4.2-1                OK rsync                                 3.1.2-1                OK run                                   1.3.4-2                OK sed                                   4.4-1                  OK shared-mime-info                      1.7-1                  OK tar                                   1.29-1                 OK terminfo                              6.0-9.20170121         OK tzcode                                2017a-1                OK tzdata                                2017a-1                OK util-linux                            2.25.2-2               OK vim                                   8.0.0329-1              OK vim-common                            8.0.0329-1              OK vim-minimal                           8.0.0329-1              OK w32api-headers                        4.0.4-1                OK w32api-runtime                        4.0.4-1                OK wget                                  1.19.1-1               OK which                                 2.20-2                 OK windows-default-manifest              6.4-1                  OK xxd                                   8.0.0329-1              OK xz                                    5.2.2-1                OK zlib-devel                            1.2.8-3                OK zlib0                                 1.2.8-3                OKBKCB؛[H\ܝΈY[K؛[\˚[BTNY[K٘\KB[][ێY[K˚[B[XܚXH[ΈY[K[ [XܚXK\[\CBB