Problem:

Operating System:  SuSE LINUX 10 (SLES 10)

Product Verson: Server Express 5.0

cob -x tictac.cbl

ld: cannot find -lgcc

Resolution:

The file $COBDIR/etc/cobopt includes a line like this:

     set GCC_LIB=/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.3

This sets the environment variable GCC_LIB, which is later used by the "cob" command in cooperation with the file $COBDIR/lib/liblist, at the time "cob" creates an executable by invoking the "ld" linker.  If there is no file named "libgcc.a" in the $GCC_LIB directory at this time, then the error occurs: "ld: cannot find -lgcc".

Check to see if the file libgcc.a is in the location path that is set by the GCC_LIB environment variable.

To determine which gcc version is active on a system, check in /user/bin for all files beginning with gcc, for example:

cd /usr/bin

ls -l gcc*

If more than one version is installed, then the "gcc" file itself might be a link to another executable named, for example, "gcc296" or "gcc333".  Enter "/usr/bin/gcc -v" to see the version number.

Also ensure there is no trailing spaces at the end of the "set GCC_LIB" line in the  $COBDIR/etc/cobopt file.