0003021: gcc fails to compile any c source file

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003021	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2016-01-27 14:55	2025-07-14 09:14

Reporter	keivn	Assigned To	rhertzog
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	random
Status	closed	Resolution	unable to reproduce
Product Version	kali-dev

Summary	0003021: gcc fails to compile any c source file
Description	This error message is produced each time i attempt to run the gcc /usr/bin/ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.22 internal error, aborting at ../../bfd/reloc.c line 443 in bfd_get_reloc_size /usr/bin/ld: Please report this bug. collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Steps To Reproduce	all compilation commands eg gcc -o file. file.c
Additional Information	bug started after i did apt-get update and added links to the sources.list file also installed python-dev and python-pip though i think its unlikely to be the cause of the problem
Attached Files	file.c (121 bytes) #include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> main(){ char str[10]; strcpy(str,"Wraith"); printf("%s\n", str); return 0; } file.c (121 bytes)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2016-01-27 14:55	keivn	New Issue
2016-01-27 14:55	keivn	File Added: file.c
2016-01-27 15:56	rhertzog	Note Added: 0004628
2016-01-27 15:56	rhertzog	Status	new => closed
2016-01-27 15:56	rhertzog	Assigned To	=> rhertzog
2016-01-27 15:56	rhertzog	Resolution	open => unable to reproduce
2025-07-14 09:14	g0tmi1k	Priority	immediate => normal

rhertzog 2016-01-27 15:56 administrator ~0004628	I'm sorry but I can't reproduce this problem. In any case, it looks like a problem specific to you. Your output mentions binutils 2.22, this is the version in Debian Wheezy or Kali Moto (1.x), the current Kali version (2016.1) has binutils 2.26.... I suggest you start with a fresh Kali system installed with Kali 2016.1.