# "collect2.exe: error: ld returned 5 exit status" using the latest MinGW **URL:** \ **Category:** Windows\ **Created:** [September 7, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840 "2020-09-07T07:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CendioOssman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/cendioossman/32/5150_2.png) [@CendioOssman](https://travis-ci.community/u/CendioOssman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840/1 "2020-09-07T07:45:22Z")
It seems something went **poof** with the MSYS gcc somewhere between 2020-08-24 and 2020-09-05: [https://travis-ci.org/github/TigerVNC/tigervnc/jobs/720562239](https://travis-ci.org/github/TigerVNC/tigervnc/jobs/720562239) [https://travis-ci.org/github/TigerVNC/tigervnc/jobs/724338622](https://travis-ci.org/github/TigerVNC/tigervnc/jobs/724338622) Is anyone else seeing issues here? I have not done any digging in to details yet. ---
**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840/2 "2020-09-07T09:04:30Z")
> See also “C:/Users/travis/build/TigerVNC/tigervnc/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log”. > See also “C:/Users/travis/build/TigerVNC/tigervnc/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log”. So, what do they say? Can’t say anything without that. ---
**Author:** ![CendioOssman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/cendioossman/32/5150_2.png) [@CendioOssman](https://travis-ci.community/u/CendioOssman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840/3 "2020-09-07T10:12:48Z")
Is it possible to access those without having to put up a custom build that prints them? ---
**Author:** ![CendioOssman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/cendioossman/32/5150_2.png) [@CendioOssman](https://travis-ci.community/u/CendioOssman)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840/4 "2020-09-07T10:36:32Z")
I got impatient and did a test build: [https://travis-ci.org/github/TigerVNC/tigervnc/builds/724872499](https://travis-ci.org/github/TigerVNC/tigervnc/builds/724872499) Unfortunately the log gives very little of value: ```auto ... /C/tools/msys64/mingw64/bin/gcc.exe -Wl,--whole-archive CMakeFiles/cmTC_50923.dir/objects.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -o cmTC_50923.exe -Wl,--out-implib,libcmTC_50923.dll.a -Wl,--major-image-version,0,--minor-image-version,0 @CMakeFiles/cmTC_50923.dir/linklibs.rsp collect2.exe: error: ld returned 5 exit status ... ``` So ld is upset about something, but it doesn’t print what. ---
**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840/5 "2020-09-07T13:53:35Z")
This looks like the same problem (1st in Google on “mingw “ld returned 5 exit status””): > > In release version Qt add this flags " `-Wl,-s,--relax,--gc-section` ". I couldn’t find any information about “-s” flag, but due to [this](https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Options.html) link i figured out that -gc-section flag was the reason of fail. ---
**Author:** ![CendioOssman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/cendioossman/32/5150_2.png) [@CendioOssman](https://travis-ci.community/u/CendioOssman)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status-using-the-latest-mingw/9840/6 "2020-09-08T12:55:49Z")
Seems something is amiss with MSYS binutils and CMake right now: > > > Hi, > Since updating to the latest version of binutils, I am seeing a lot of linking errors: > Unable to resolve exported symbols from...