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> From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 10 Feb 2004 17:28:32 GMT
> 
> > D:\djgpp>gcc -Xlinker -t -Xlinker --verbose a.c
> > d:/djgpp/bin/ld.exe: cannot find -lgcc
> [...]
> > attempt to open d:/djgpp/lib/gcc-lib/djgpp/3.32/libgcc.a succeeded
> > (d:/djgpp/lib/gcc-lib/djgpp/3.32/libgcc.a)unwind-dw2-fde.o
> > attempt to open d:/djgpp/lib/libc.a succeeded
> [...]
> > attempt to open d:/djgpp/lib/libgcc.a failed
> > attempt to open d:/djgpp/lib/gcc-lib/djgpp/3.32/libgcc.a failed
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> 
> I.e. opening that file succeeded the first time, but failed the second
> time.  Between those, essentially nothing happened other than libc.a
> was opened and read.
> 
> Do check your FILES= in config.sys (or equivalent DOS box *.PIF
> configuration item), if you're running this outside real DOS or
> Win9x).

I agree: it certainly sounds like a problem with the number of
available file handles.