unrecognized option '--hash-style=both'?

A simple code compiled in linux:

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main ()
{
    int i;
    char szInput [256];
    printf ("Enter a number: ");
    fgets ( szInput, 256, stdin );
    i = atoi (szInput);
    printf ("The value entered is %d. The double is %d.\n",i,i*2);
    return 0;
}

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I used "gcc test.cpp -o test" and got the weird errors:

/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--hash-style=both'
/usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Anything wrong?

theres nothing wrong with the code. for convention, C files should have extension .c, not .cpp which is usually for c++ code.

it looks like somethings wrong with your development environment.

Thanks. But what kind of problem could the environment be?
I tried g++ still the same error.

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Originally Posted by nadroj

theres nothing wrong with the code. for convention, C files should have extension .c, not .cpp which is usually for c++ code.

it looks like somethings wrong with your development environment.

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I copied and pasted your code, but cannot duplicate the error on the MinGW port of g++ 3.4.5.

not sure what kind of problem with your development environment it is. search around for the ld error you got--this is a linux problem. also did you check the --help option? did you install/remove/upgrade any critical software recently (and/or improperly, ie not through a package manager)?

Quite simply, your compiler calls the linker with an option the linker does not recognize. This probably means that your binutils are considerably older than your gcc. Try upgrading the binutils package.

Also, run

Code:

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ld -v
gcc -v

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My system gives 2.18 for ld (the latest) and 4.1.2 for gcc (latest is the 4.2 series).

Edit: From what I can tell, hash-style was added in 2.17.

Thanks.
My id is GNU ld version 2.16
gcc is 4.1.2

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Originally Posted by CornedBee

Quite simply, your compiler calls the linker with an option the linker does not recognize. This probably means that your binutils are considerably older than your gcc. Try upgrading the binutils package.

Also, run

Code:

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ld -v
gcc -v

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My system gives 2.18 for ld (the latest) and 4.1.2 for gcc (latest is the 4.2 series).

Edit: From what I can tell, hash-style was added in 2.17.

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I suggest you upgrade your binutils.

Thanks. I did and now It works.

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Originally Posted by CornedBee

I suggest you upgrade your binutils.

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