Run app issue: ld returned 5 exit status

[Kaluss]

Hi all,
I got following problem:
collect2.exe: error: ld returned 5 exit status
mingw32-make[1]: *** [Makefile.Debug:611: debug/AppName.exe] Error 1
mingw32-make[1]: Leaving directory 'C:/work/repos/build-AppName-Desktop_Qt_6_4_3_MinGW_64_bit-Debug'
mingw32-make: *** [Makefile:45: debug] Error 2
Proces "C:\Qt\Tools\mingw1120_64\bin\mingw32-make.exe" stopped working with exit code: 2.
Build error / install project Appname (Tool set: Desktop Qt 6.4.3 MinGW 64-bit)
During step "Make"

How could I investigate that?

[JonB]

@Kaluss said in Run app issue: ld returned 5 exit status:

ld returned 5 exit status

How could I investigate that?

By Googling ld returned 5 exit status, which I see has many hits depending on your environment including for MinGW.

[Kaluss]

@JonB Found this one, but it doesn't help:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45077846/collect2-exe-error-ld-returned-5-exit-status

[JonB]

@Kaluss
So for example

mingw {
        contains(QT_ARCH, x86_64): {
            LIBS+=-Wl,--no-gc-sections
        }
}

(i.e. -Wl,--no-gc-sections) did not work for you?

Or -Wl,--verbose did not provide better information?

[Kaluss]

@JonB nothing really handy. Downgrade myself to 5.15 and everything works smoothly there. In 6.4.3 unfortunately mingw 32bit is not supported. I will stick to 5.15 then. Thank you very much for support. You are great !