Old problem returns...

[Curt Carpenter]

Using FPC3.2.2, Lazarus 4.4 with Ubuntu 24.04, all newly installed.

I am back to having the following warning messages when I try to compile a program:

project1.lpr(21,1) Warning: "crtbeginS.o" not found, this will probably cause a linking failure
project1.lpr(21,1) Warning: "crtendS.o" not found, this will probably cause a linking failure

This is an old problem and the cure used to involve modifying "# path to the gcclib" in /etc/fpc.cfg.  On opening fpc.cfg, I found the "# path to the gcclib" section, but there was nothing in it.  I changed it to read

# path to the gcclib
#ifdef cpux86_64
-Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/13
#endif

but this has no effect, although crtbeginS.o and crtendS.o are indeed in the indicated directory. 

This isn't a critical problem, but I would like to understand it and clean it up.  Any guidance would be appreciated.  In process of trying to recover from a lost drive.  I probably don't understand exactly what is happening in fpc.cfg here.

Thanks!

[Curt Carpenter]

Adding BOTH of the following lines to fpc.cfg seems to fix the problem for me:  the trailing "13" may vary for others.

#ifdef cpui386
-Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/13
#endif
#ifdef cpux86_64
-Fl/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/13
#endif

[dbannon]

Are you running a 32bit system or cross compiling ?

Curt, the problem is that the number "13" (in your case) varies with your Linux version. fpc322 is not good at spotting that. Later versions such as fpc324rc1 are much better.

I have a raspi box running a logger that needs '8' ! (yes, I now, hopelessly out of date, I'm updating...). My current laptop says "12".

Davo

[Lutz Mändle]

Have a look at this:

https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,56114.msg564548.html#msg564548

[Curt Carpenter]

Yes, the crtbegin issue is an old one, and I rediscover it every time I crash my system and have to start over (which I do about once every three years give or take).  I thought it was interesting that fpc.cfg had a

# path to the gcclib

section, but nothing at all under it.