you can use the -B option to specify a separate path where to look for tools. Closing this now.
** Changed in: binutils (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to binutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1545653 Title: Unrecognized relocation when compiling Status in binutils: Fix Released Status in binutils package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I am trying to compile a program against a library that was built using gcc 5.3 on Wily, which has gcc 5.2.1. I get /usr/bin/ld: <REMOVED>: unrecognized relocation (0x2a) in section `.text' /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status This looks exactly like https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=808205 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: binutils 2.25.1-6ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Feb 15 09:53:05 2016 Dependencies: gcc-5-base 5.2.1-22ubuntu2 libc6 2.21-0ubuntu4 libgcc1 1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2 zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2ubuntu4 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: binutils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2016-02-13 (2 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils/+bug/1545653/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp