In message < 19980221105411.A26167@kailash.cse.iitb.ernet.in >you write: > I have a SPARC machine running UNIX SVR4. > > Why is USE_COLLECT2 always defined? Doesnt egcs work with the binutils > 2.8.1 linker? It still works with the 2.8.1 linker, but collect2 is still needed to deal with certain shared library issues. jeff