crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o not found this will probably cause a linking failure

[Aruna]

Hello everyone, I just installed Lazarus IDE onto a fresh clean pristine installation of Debian Linux and tried to compile a empty project just to make sure everything works as expected. Everything does work but I get two error messages. Screenshot attached shows the errors. How do I make them go away?

[paule32]

I faced this by using the gcc.exe - the gnu proxy to cc.exe when the path's not set (maybe on -nostdlib, too).

Check, if you use a clean/valid fpc.ini.

[munair]

This is a GCC version problem in fpc.cfg.

Solution:
https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,56114.msg417087.html#msg417087

[TRon]

Everything does work but I get two error messages. Screenshot attached shows the errors. How do I make them go away?

In the fpc.cfg used by the compiler is an entry that looks something like:

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# path to the gcclib
#ifdef cpui386
-Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12
#endif
#ifdef cpux86_64
-Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12
#endif

Note the number at the end. This number as well as the location of the gcc dependencies might be located in another directory on your system. I am not that familiar with gcc to know if there is a default way to determine the exact location (there probably is one).

If not mistaken then usually package build-essential (debian based distros at least) takes care of retrieving these dependencies.

[Lutz Mändle]

The command

gcc --print-libgcc-file-name

prints the path for the actual gcc installation.
On opensuse tumbleweed (64 bit) it gives:
/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/14/libgcc.a

The -Fl option in the fpc.cfg needs only the path without libgcc.a .

[TRon]

* TRon tips hat to Lutz

[Aruna]

Hi, @munair @Tron and @Lutz thank you so much everyone. Strangely in my /etc/fpc.cfg the # path to the gcclib was empty.

So I plugged this in and the warnings went away:

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1. #ifdef cpui386
2. -Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12
3. #endif
4. #ifdef cpux86_64
5. -Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/12
6. #endif

Once again many thanks to all for the guidance and help.

[munair]

You're welcome. Whenever your GCC gets updated, be sure to adjust the version number in fpc.cfg.

[cdbc]

Hi
@Munair: +1 =^
Regards Benny

[PeterBB]

Whenever your GCC gets updated, be sure to adjust the version number in fpc.cfg.

And there is a tool, fpcmkcfg. that can do this for you.


Cheers,
Peter

[arnoldpa]

And there is a tool, fpcmkcfg. that can do this for you.


Cheers,
Peter

I've been having the same warning also. Thanks for the tip.