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

[zeljko]

On 11.02.2018 23:36, Tom Lisjac via Lazarus wrote:
> 
> Thanks Zeljke, Péter and Mattias.
> 
> Plenty of space on all three OS'es and I installed all the dependencies 
> that the rpm's (from sourceforge) required.
> 
> I've upgraded the Fedora 19 install many times without issues. This is 
> the error after upgrading to 1.8.0 when compiling a blank form or the 
> IDE from the ide:
> 
> Build IDE: Exit code 512, Errors: 1
> [lazarus] Error 1
> [idepkg] Error 2
> make: *** [idepkg] Error 2
> lazarus.pp(161,1) Error: Error while linking
> 
> It was originally the same on a new Fedora 23, but booted the VM up 
> again today and now see this with a blank form compile:
> 
> Compile Project, Target: /home/user/tmp/project1: Exit code 256, Errors: 
> 1, Warnings: 2
> project1.lpr(20,1) Warning: "crtbeginS.o" not found, this will probably 
> cause a linking failure
> project1.lpr(20,1) Warning: "crtendS.o" not found, this will probably 
> cause a linking failure
> project1.lpr(20,1) Error: Error while linking
> 
> A forum search search suggested checking the path in /etc/fpc.cfg:
> 
> # path to the gcclib
> #ifdef cpui386
> -Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.3/32
> #endif
> #ifdef cpux86_64
> -Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.3
> #endif

eg. my current Fedora 26 have
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/7/32
so just change fpc.cfg according to your gcc dir.
In any case warning about crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o won't break linking 
stage, something else is missing.