dev-cpp\collect2.exe [Error] ld returned 1 exit status What error is the compiler pointing out?

Question

I am using dev c++ for practicing data structures in C. After compiling any program, it runs for the first time.In subsequent runs,

the compiler shows following error: dev-cpp\\collect2.exe [Error] ld returned 1 exit status

What error is the compiler pointing out??

Answer 1

There's unfortunately not much information to go on. One thing that's always helped me so much, when troubleshooting mysterious GNU LD errors, is using the --cref -Map=$@.map flags (where $@ is the name of the output file). It'll save a report explaining every single decision the linker makes, in painstaking detail.