Linux: "ld: cannot find -lm" error explained

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Linux: "ld: cannot find -lm" error explained

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RHEL 6, FC13, FC12 and possibly other recent distributions:

error when using -static or -fast:

ld: cannot find -lm

See this article: http://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/error-ld-cannot-find-lm/

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