Re: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld'

[Ricardo Wurmus]

zimoun <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Ricardo,
>
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 16:21, Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>> I’m assuming that you installed the “gcc” package.  Don’t do that.
>> Install “gcc-toolchain” instead.
>
> Is it because of the comment in the definition of `make-gcc-toolchain'?
>
> ;; The main raison d'être of this "meta-package" is (1) to
> conveniently
> ;; install everything that we need, and (2) to make sure ld-wrapper comes
> ;; before Binutils' ld in the user's profile.
>
> Even if the section of Manual provides useful information, the (2)
> point clearly explains why "what you really want is the
> `gcc-toolchain' package." :-)

Yes, this is the reason.

I still think that we should hide the plain gcc packages on the command
line.

--
Ricardo