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> From: prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug
> Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:31:58 -0400
> 
> I'm using gcc 3.0.4, binutils 2.12, and RedHat's glibc 2.2.4-19.3.
> 
> Emacs 21.2's build process uses ld for linking in some cases and gcc
> for others.

This shouldn't happen: in a normal link, src/Makefile.in defines
either LD=$(CC) or LD="$(CC) -nostdlib", AFAICS.  This works either
automatically or because your src/s/OS.h file defines ORDINARY_LINK.

So please try to find out why in your case LD was defined to `ld'
instead.

> It seems to me gcc should be used for linking in all cases.

Sure; and it does for me (but I don't have Red Hat).