Linker was not configured to use sysroots

[Xavier Fung]

Binary package hint: gcc-4.4

The latest gcc from Maverick produces this error when it is used to compile something:
/usr/bin/ld: this linker was not configured to use sysroots

The version 4.4.4-2-ubuntu1 has this error while the previous 4.4.4-1-ubuntu2 runs properly.

[Vidar Braut Haarr (vhaarr+launchpad)]

Also note this when I do ./configure;

configure:3398: checking whether the C++ compiler works
configure:3420: g++ conftest.cpp >&5
/usr/bin/ld: this linker was not configured to use sysroots
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:3424: $? = 1
configure:3462: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "mangler"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "mangler"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.2.0"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "mangler 1.2.0"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "<email address hidden>"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| #define PACKAGE "mangler"
| #define VERSION "1.2.0"
| /* end confdefs.h. */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
| ;
| return 0;
| }
configure:3467: error: in `/home/folk/Programs/mangler':
configure:3471: error: C++ compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

[Anders Kaseorg (andersk)]

I think gcc-4.4 needs to update its versioned dependency on binutils (>= 2.20.51.20100407-0ubuntu1).

binutils (2.20.51.20100407-0ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Configure native build --with-sysroot=/. Closes: #556126.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:31:49 +0200

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

fixed in maverick. About the versioned dependency: Ubuntu doesn't completely support partial upgrades.