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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Subject: Re: collect2: fatal error: cannot find 'ld'
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 13:01:38 +0100
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zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Ricardo,
>
> On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 at 16:21, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
>>
>> I=E2=80=99m assuming that you installed the =E2=80=9Cgcc=E2=80=9D packag=
e.  Don=E2=80=99t do that.
>> Install =E2=80=9Cgcc-toolchain=E2=80=9D instead.
>
> Is it because of the comment in the definition of `make-gcc-toolchain'?
>
> ;; The main raison d'=C3=AAtre 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