? 4GL compile/link w/ .so (using gcc)

Greetings from the Heart of Texas (Austin): We are trying to compile/link some 4GL programs using shared objects, but have hit a brick wall and we are hoping someone might suggest how we can get around it. Situation detailed below... Many thanks, John Bitsche Programmer/Analyst Whole Foods Market Austin, Texas >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 15:50:06 -0600 > From: Steve > To: John ######## Specific Questions ########### Why are functions in a shared object library not being found by ld, even when the error messages clearly indicate that the shared object libraries were found as were the function references therein? We suspect that the .so files may not have been created correctly, but are not sure how to test this theory and pinpoint the specific problem. What is the standard cc/ld command combination to create .so files? The .so file $INFORMIXDIR/lib/tools gets linked in correctly by ld. None of its functions are in the unresolved list. ######### Background and Details ############# Machine info: SunOS wfmris 5.6 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise Informix info: INFORMIX-4GL Version 6.05.UD1 DB-Access Version 7.24.UC2 GNU compiler Contents of /usr/fourgen/lib (where the subject shared object files are located): prog_ctl.so report.so scr.so standard.so stubs.so user_ctl.so Produced by: cc -fwritable-strings -fPIC ... ld -G ... Characteristics of the subject shared library files: prog_ctl.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped report.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped scr.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped standard.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped stubs.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped user_ctl.so: ELF 32-bit MSB dynamic lib SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped c4gl command executed: c4gl -shared account.o bnkrec.o branch.o browse.o chkstk.o detail.o fg_funcs.o fg_rcond.o fg_rconh.o globals.o header.o main.o midlevel.o reconz.o ../libcod.a ../lib2cod.a ../libwfm.a /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/standard.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/c_lib.a /usr3/fourgen/lib/stubs.so -s -o i_bankr.4ge resultant gcc command executed: cc -fwritable-strings -fPIC -I/usr3/informix7.2/incl/tools -I/usr3/informix7.2/incl/esql account.o bnkrec.o branch.o browse.o chkstk.o detail.o fg_funcs.o fg_rcond.o fg_rconh.o globals.o header.o main.o midlevel.o reconz.o ../libcod.a ../lib2cod.a ../libwfm.a /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/standard.so /usr3/fourgen/lib/c_lib.a /usr3/fourgen/lib/stubs.so -s -o i_bankr.4ge -L/usr3/informix7.2/lib/tools -l4gsh605 /usr3/informix7.2/lib/tools/netlib.a -lnsl -lsocket -lm -ltermlib Resultant error messages: Unable to link i_bankr.4ge. Error message: -o 2 Undefined first referenced symbol in file menu_next /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so logstart main.o textedit /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so menu_display /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so variabletext_prompt /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so textpick account.o menu_mark /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so menu_help /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so lib_message account.o langtrans_strtonative account.o lib_delkey /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so warnync chkstk.o lib_chkkey /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so textput account.o put_vararg account.o event_prc /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so num_vararg bnkrec.o wait_on /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so lib_newkey /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so set_fldtab account.o lib_getkey /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so put_scrlib account.o fg_username ../lib2cod.a(security.o) oscommand_run /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so ring_clear fg_rconh.o table_exist /usr3/fourgen/lib/standard.so fg_error ../lib2cod.a(key_edit.o) eror_menu /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so fg_help /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so menu_open /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so variabletext_error /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so textview /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so menu_light /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so please_wait /usr3/fourgen/lib/scr.so menuhelp ../lib2cod.a(key_pick.o) message_window /usr3/fourgen/lib/user_ctl.so warnyn fg_rcond.o langjoin ../libcod.a(zledcls.o) menu_set /usr3/fourgen/lib/prog_ctl.so ... ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to i_bankr.4ge Occurred while compiling in /usr3/fourgen/accounting/all.4gm/i_bankr.wfm All unresolved symbols reported by ld are in the .so files listed in the error message. Environment: PATH=.:/usr3/fourgen/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/GCC2723/bin:/usr3/informix7.2/bin:/usr3/fourgen/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc: DBNAME=standard DBSRC=/usr3/fourgen/lib/report.RDS:/usr3/fourgen/lib/standard.RDS:/usr3/fourgen/lib/stubs.RDS:/usr3/fourgen/accounting/libcod.RDS shared_libs=Y company=wfm_test fg=/usr3/fourgen SHELL=/bin/ksh INFORMIXDIR=/usr3/informix7.2TERM=vt220 PWD=/usr3/fourgen/Make