Re: [Mingw-users] gcc Compiler Error

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
> craig.rosswrites:
>
>> I'm new to MinGW and not much of a programmer. I just tried to compile a
>> program using the command line and got a response that asked that I report
>> the error.  Here's the end of the compiler text with the error:
>>
>> ********
>> c:/amesim/v1115/sys/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.2.1-sjlj/../../../../mingw3
>> 2/bin/ld.exe: BFD 2.17.50 20060824 internal error, aborting at
>> ../../src/bfd/reloc.c line 5017 in
>> bfd_generic_get_relocated_section_contents
>>
>> c:/amesim/v1115/sys/mingw32/bin/../lib/gcc/mingw32/4.2.1-sjlj/../../../../mingw3
>> 2/bin/ld.exe: Please report this bug.
>>
>> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>> *********
>>
>> I'd like to report it, as requested, but the bug reporting process is a
>> bit mystifying.  Can anyone advise on reporting or fixing it?
>
> The version of gcc and binutils (ld) you are using is very old. If you
> find a problem, upgrade to a recent version. Don't bother reporting bugs
> for such old versions.

Nor are they binaries we distribute.  To install the latest binaries
this project uses use the tool provided by
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/latest/download to
install the software.

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