# git on ancient compilers.

3 messages from 2007-11-09 to 2007-11-09. Participants: Jon Smirl.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/10775

## Jon Smirl, 2007-11-09 23:14

Subject: git on ancient compilers.
Message-ID: <9e4733910711091514k55473201jf29434961f01e46c@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/9e4733910711091514k55473201jf29434961f01e46c%40mail.gmail.com

```
My hosting company is using: gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)

git is using a link parameter not available in 3.3.5

   LINK git-mktree
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-patch-id
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-peek-remote
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-receive-pack
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-send-pack
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-shell
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-show-index



-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com

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## Jon Smirl, 2007-11-09 23:19

Subject: Re: git on ancient compilers.
Message-ID: <9e4733910711091519r75692418hec2fbd7ccea5771b@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/9e4733910711091519r75692418hec2fbd7ccea5771b%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910711091514k55473201jf29434961f01e46c@mail.gmail.com>

```
jonsmirl@terra:~$ ld --version
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.18

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com

```

## Jon Smirl, 2007-11-09 23:22

Subject: Re: git on ancient compilers.
Message-ID: <9e4733910711091522x50e9a1ddo8a6b2a79037822cc@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/9e4733910711091522x50e9a1ddo8a6b2a79037822cc%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910711091519r75692418hec2fbd7ccea5771b@mail.gmail.com>

```
I found this option...

# Define NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER if your gcc does not like "-R/path/lib"
# that tells runtime paths to dynamic libraries;
# "-Wl,-rpath=/path/lib" is used instead.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com

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