esql link error

Firstly, thanks to all of you who helped last time :) Currently I am trying to compile some libraries but when linking the object files with esql I get the error message :- undefined reference to main Because I am creating a library which will be used by other programs, there is no main in the code . How do I stop this error ? what's going on!!

John Horton wrote: > > Firstly, thanks to all of you who helped last time :) > > Currently I am trying to compile some libraries but when linking the object files > with esql I get the error message :- > undefined reference to main > Because I am creating a library which will be used by other programs, there is no main in the code . How do I stop this error ? what's going on!! Are you trying to make an object library or a shared library? For an object library just compile with the -c flag and use ar to build the library. To build a shared library you need to pass the -G flag to ld which you can not do with esql without modifying the script because -G is meaningful to esql. Art S. Kagel

"Art S. Kagel" wrote: > John Horton wrote: > > > > Firstly, thanks to all of you who helped last time :) > > > > Currently I am trying to compile some libraries but when linking the object files > > with esql I get the error message :- > > undefined reference to main > > Because I am creating a library which will be used by other programs, there is no main in the code . How do I stop this error ? what's going on!! > > Are you trying to make an object library or a shared library? For an > object library just compile with the -c flag and use ar to build the > library. To build a shared library you need to pass the -G flag to ld > which you can not do with esql without modifying the script because -G is > meaningful to esql. Actually, there is a way to get the -G to the C compiler, though it is not as direct as you or I'd like: INFORMIXC="gcc -G" esql -o libname.so objfile*.o Also, on some machines, it appears that -shared works the necessary magic. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.62 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>