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c4gl does not take -I"include_dir"

Posted in 1999

Topics: Connectivity: ESQL/C, 4GL & Embedded SQL

Carl Wu — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

When I run 'c4gl -c -I"include_dir" esqlcsource.ec', I got error message: esqlc: "esqlsource.ec", line 12: Error -33042: Cannot open input file 'the_header_file.h'. The header file does reside in the include_dir we pass to c4gl. I traced up the execution of the "c4gl" scripts, and found that when "c4gl" calls $INFORMIXDIR/lib/tools/i4glc3 to compile the .ec file, none of the argument passed to "c4gl" has been passed to i4glc3. If I run i4glc3 then it does recognise -I"include_dir". Is this a bug of c4gl, or it is not supposed to take C compiler arguments? But we did need to use c4gl to compile the ESQL/C sources to link with 4GL modules. ( As pointed out by Art, See message "Unresolved functions compiling 4GL and ESQL/C programs" first posted on June 1st, 1999). Any help appreciated. Carl Y. Wu

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Art S. Kagel — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Carl Wu wrote: > > When I run 'c4gl -c -I"include_dir" esqlcsource.ec', I got error message: > > esqlc: "esqlsource.ec", line 12: Error -33042: Cannot open input file > 'the_header_file.h'. > > The header file does reside in the include_dir we pass to c4gl. > I traced up the execution of the "c4gl" scripts, and found that when "c4gl" > calls $INFORMIXDIR/lib/tools/i4glc3 to compile the .ec file, none of the > argument passed to "c4gl" has been passed to i4glc3. If I run i4glc3 then > it does recognise -I"include_dir". > > Is this a bug of c4gl, or it is not supposed to take C compiler arguments? > But we did need to use c4gl to compile the ESQL/C sources to link with 4GL > modules. ( As pointed out by Art, See message "Unresolved functions > compiling 4GL and ESQL/C programs" first posted on June 1st, 1999). Just patch up the c4gl script to do things the right way. I have had similar problems with the ESQL/C compiler script esql which in 7.2x passes libraries to cc even when the -c flag is specified causing the compiler to complain that it is ignoring the libraries since it was not asked to link anyway. Hey the folk in Menlo Park are database experts not shell script gurus! Sorry guys, but it's true. Art S. Kagel

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