Re: Duplicate symbol "key_accept"

Colin M McGrath wrote: > Hi gang, > > When did "KEY_ACCEPT" become disallowed as a global variable name in the > compiled version of 4GL? (It works as a local variable, and as a global > variable in 4GL-RDS, and as a global variable in all other versions of > c4gl we have used.) > > We are recompiling our programs on a recently upgraded RS6000 > running AIX 4.3.1 with these new versions of Informix: > > INFORMIX-4GL RDS Version 4.20.UC1 > INFORMIX-4GL Version 4.20.UC1 > INFORMIX-OnLine Version 5.10.UC1 > > Our programs all use the same global definition file (globals.4gl), > whether we compile to p-code or machine code. > > The compiles done with this 4.20 version of the c4gl compiler won't compile. > Compiles done with this 4.20 version of the fglpc compiler do compile fine. > > It is due to a global variable, that is now used in almost all of our > programs. We don't want to have to edit all of programs! > > Here is the simplest example exhibiting the problem: > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= > > GLOBALS > DEFINE KEY_ACCEPT INTEGER > END GLOBALS > > MAIN > LET KEY_ACCEPT = fgl_keyval("ACCEPT") > END MAIN > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= > > The compile time error generated is: > > (ld): resolve > ld: 0711-228 WARNING: Duplicate symbols were found while resolving symbols. > The following duplicates were found: > Symbol Source-File(Object) OR Import-File{Shared-object} > ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- > key_accept rdsterm.c(/usr/informix/lib/tools/libnforms.a[rdsterm.o]) > ** Duplicate ** junk.c(junk.o) > ld: 0711-326 ERROR: Replaced XTY_CM symbol key_accept is larger > than the symbol that replaces it. > > I guess libnforms.a is only used by c4gl? > > -- > ______________________________________________________________________ > | Colin McGrath cmm@trac3000.ueci.com | > | Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, Inc. (215) 422-4144 | > | Phila, PA, USA | > | Any opinions I state are my own and not necessarily of my employer | > |____________________________________________________________________| I ran into something similar recently where I found there are some new flags that are needed to get things to work the way they used to. I think this is the same thing. Type 'c4gl' and look for an option having to do with global variables. HTH, John