[Lazarus] ll 1.8.0 compiles fail with "Error while linking"

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 10 Feb 2018, Tom Lisjac via Lazarus wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Getting "Error while linking" when trying to compile the 1.8.0 ide or any
> test programs on an old Fedora 19 and fresh installs of Fedora 23 and
> Centos 6.8. Reviewed some bugs and forum postings, but there doesn't seem
> to be a fix or workaround available.
>
> I'd like to get this working on an RPM based distro, but am wondering if
> I'd have better luck trying a debian flavor.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Can you provide more output ?
'Error while linking' is not much to go on. 
to be able to diagnose, a little more would be good...

Michael.