Unrecognized relocation when compiling

[Alexander List]

I am trying to compile a program against a library that was built using gcc 5.3 on Wily, which has gcc 5.2.1.

I get

/usr/bin/ld: <REMOVED>: unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.text'
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

This looks exactly like

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808205

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: binutils 2.25.1-6ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Feb 15 09:53:05 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-5-base 5.2.1-22ubuntu2
 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4
 libgcc1 1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2
 zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: binutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-02-13 (2 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

I don't see a relation to the Debian issue, which was caused by an early binutils 2.26 snapshot.

[Leandro Heck (leoheck)]

I still having this problem. I am trying to build an app on Ubuntu 16.04 using a separated gcc-toolchain (gcc-4.7.4-linux_x86_64). This toolchain comes from Mentor Questa which I have to use to build my SystemC applications. A simple hello world using this toolchain reproduces the problem.

#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
    fprintf(stdout, "Hello, world.\n");
    return(0);
}

I managed to solve that removing the ld which comes with the external toolchain by the ld from the system. A simple symbolic link had solved the problem.

However, I am looking for a more elegant way to change ld like a gcc flag or an environment variable.

I would like to ask if someone has some idea on how to do that.

By the way, my system is currently configured with:

Package: binutils - Version: 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3
Package: libgcc1 - Version: 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
Package: libc6 - Version: 2.23-0ubuntu3
Package: gcc - Version: 5.3.1-1ubuntu1

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

you can use the -B option to specify a separate path where to look for tools. Closing this now.