On Tue, 1 Sep 1998 02:09:10 -0700 (PDT) 
 Todd Whitesel <toddpw@best.com> wrote:

 > Trying to build -current for i386, on an i386-1.3.2+ATAPI with freshly supped
 > sources. It fails with:
 > 
 > building shared object i386 library
 > ranlib libi386_pic.a
 > building shared i386 library (version 0.2)
 > ld -x -shared  -o libi386.so.0.2    --whole-archive libi386_pic.a --no-whole-archive
 > ld: invalid command option `--whole-archive'
 > ** Error code 1
 > 
 > Stop.
 > (etc)
 > 
 > 
 > Am I doomed from the beginning trying to build -current with the last formal
 > release?

No, but it can be tricky.  Rebuild and install a new "ld" first, then try
again.  you may find you have to do this with a few programs.

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