Re: Linking problems with Solaris Workshop 5.0

[Arnaud Desitter]

> 
> Hello,
> 
>   I've tried to build DDD 3.3 and 3.3.1 on Solaris 2.6 using the Workshop
> 5.0 CC and cc compilers and GNU make, and am running into the following
> undefined symbol errors when trying to link vsl:
> 
> Undefined                       first referenced
>  symbol                             in file
> void set_status(string,bool)
> ./SunWS_cache/CC_obj_h/hmKoQfjt8gzlYGTO8uAp.o
> void unlock_status()
> ./SunWS_cache/CC_obj_h/hmKoQfjt8gzlYGTO8uAp.o
> ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to vsl
> 
>   These methods are defined in status.C, but status.o doesn't appear as an
> argument -- I tried this and got a slew of other undefined symbol errors.
> 
>   From the error message, it looks like Workshop CC is using a cached object
> file that it shouldn't be using
> (template instantiations or inline methods?);  Can anyone who has
> successfully built with Workshop CC offer any insight?

Yes. Upgrade to Workshop 6 Update 1, i.e. CC 5.2. Former versions of
the 5 series are buggy and better avoided.

Cheers,
Arnaud

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