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Subject: Re: What version of binutils is required
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On 2/23/21 9:41 AM, Richard Biener via Gcc wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 1:12 AM Gary Oblock via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'm having a "linker" error (according to Martin Liška) when
>> compiling a SPEC test (x264_r) with a vendor branch under development  (my optimization is done at LTO time.)
>>
>> The binutils on my development machine is the version
>> that came with Ubuntu 18.02. Do I need to install a more
>> current version of binutils?
> 
> Just try?  Or at least tell us which version ships with Ubuntu 18.02 ...

You likely have version 2.30 (3 years old). Anyway I would test the latest binutils release.
Moreover, you can also experiment with ld.gold.

Cheers,
Martin

> 
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gary Oblock
>>
>>
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