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Re: no acceptable ld

Stipe Tolj wrote:
> 
> > i tried to compile CILK ( http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/cilk/ )
> > and i got this error message:
> >
> > checking for ld used by GCC... no
> > configure: error: no acceptable ld found in $PATH
> >
> > though ld.exe is in the bin directory, what can i do to solve this
> > problem ?
> 
> check out the configure script itself where the test is performed, i.e.
> search for "checking for ld used by" and you may see that you'll need to
> add Win32 path style to match certain conditions within the configure
> script so ld is recognized.
> 
> At least for some configure scripts this has been the problem for not
> recognizing ld in my experience.

I had the same problem, but if you just set the LD enviroment variable,
you mightn't need to change the configure script -

export LD=/cygwin/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/ld.exe

Just make sure the path is correct.

--
Julian Kinraid

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