munch: The input file ... is not valid in the current object mode.

Question for the gurus out there--or at least anyone that knows more than I do about AIX 5.2 and Visual Age 6.0! I have run into an error message that I cannot really identify. I really do not know if it is AIX specific, or INFORMIX 64-bit specific, since the error occurs when linking my application code to the INFORMIX ESQL libs. Here is a paste of the error from a terminal console: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- Compiling "rel.vjdinf72/dbifinf72.o" done. Creating /testinf/viaware/htool/vjd/vjd143/lib/vjdinf72.so ... rm -f /testinf/viaware/htool/vjd/vjd143/lib/vjdinf72.so /usr/vacpp/bin/xlC_r \\ -L/informix/lib -L/informix/lib/esql -lifsql -lifasf -lifgen -lifos -lifgls -lnetstub -lc -lmsaa -lbsd -ldl -ltli \\ /informix/lib/esql/checkapi.o -lifglx -L/testinf/viaware/htool/vjd/vjd143/li b -lvjdcpp -lvjdsql \\ /rel.vjdinf72/dbifinf72.o \\ -qmkshrobj=0 \\ -e getSharedLibStartupInfo__Fv -brtl \\ -o/testinf/viaware/htool/vjd/vjd143/lib/vjdinf72.so 2>&1 munch: The input file /informix/lib/esql/libifsql.so is not valid in the current object mode. Creating /testinf/viaware/htool/vjd/vjd143/lib/vjdinf72.so done. ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- Now, of course, as a result of this 'munch' error the target, /testinf/viaware/htool/vjd/vjd143/lib/vjdinf72.so, is never really created. Another developer where I work claims that 'a quick search on google' implies that this is related to a 32- vs. 64-bit library issue--sort of implying that either my /informix/lib/esql libraries may not be 64-bit, or the way that I am building our application objects is incompatible with 64-bit ESQL libs. Or perhaps I should be statically linking rather than attempting to link with shared objects in /informix/lib/esql libraries. (However, our MAKEFILEs have not changed from previous versions of AIX and Visual Age--we have always built a shared object--not a static object.) It seems like one of the following are going on (below) -- I'm not sure which, and have read quite a bit from the following manuals: Compiler Reference, VisualAge C++ Professional for AIX, Version 6.0 http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27002102 (sc094959.pdf) IBM Informix ESQL/C Programmer's Manual http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/interim/ct1uhn- a-pdf.html (ct1uhna.pdf) APPENDIX N How do I compile ESQL/C code for use with C++? http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk/ifaqn.htm No luck. I am sure that one of you have seen this kind of "munch" issue before? 'munch' seems to be some sort of linker utilitity or perhaps a script from what I have been able to understand after reading google URLs found, and the VAC/VACPP compiler documentation for Visual Age 6. Unfortunately, the documentation for Visual Age 6 and the INFORMIX manual above offered me no solid clues for resolving this kind of problem--or even exactly what the problem is. I just keep digging up vague information about the compiler -tm option. I simply have not been able to find enough information for me to figure out exactly what is wrong, but all of the googling seems to point to 32-bit vs. 64-bit libs difference. I think I have narrowed it down to one of the following possibilities--maybe it isn't related to any of them: a.. The /informix/lib/esql/libifsql.so file might be a 32-bit library, and I need to use some other (64-bit) *.so or *.a files or directory path? (Does this box I am working on need some kind of 64-bit version of /informix/lib/esql/* libs?) b.. Do I have to link and compile with static ESQL libs using /informix/lib/esql/libifsql.a with different compiler options to do so for the 64-bit kernel version of AIX and Visual Age? Won't doing so mean that all of our applications that use it, now have to link it into their binaries? c.. Are the MAKEFILE rules below inappropriate -L libs for 64-bit kernel and 64-bit INFORMIX ESQL/C? (See below.) BTW: How can I check my INFORMIX ESQL/C libs to determine if they are 32-bit or 64-bit? ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- Contents of my MAKEFILE ($VJDDIR/config/AIX/make_INF.inc): ############################################################################ ### # # Definitions for INFORMIX # ############################################################################ ### # # INFORMIX include # INFORMIX_INCLUDE := -I$(INFORMIXDIR)/incl/esql -I$(INFORMIXDIR)/incl # # INFORMIX libraries # from $INFORMIXDIR/bin/esql -libs # INFORMIX_LIBS := \\ -L$(INFORMIXDIR)/lib -L$(INFORMIXDIR)/lib/esql \\ -lifsql -lifasf -lifgen -lifos -lifgls -lnetstub \\ -lc -lmsaa -lbsd -ldl -ltli \\ $(INFORMIXDIR)/lib/esql/checkapi.o -lifglx # # ESQL # ESQLC := $(INFORMIXDIR)/bin/esql -e ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- Any help would be greatly appreciated! Please respond to this thread, or via email: darrin.wolf -@- provia . com if you need any more information. I can provide more AIX/Visual Age version info from this box as needed--I'm quite sure you might need at least the following information to help diagnose: ------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------- # uname -a AIX finch 2 5 000AB86D4C00 # /usr/sbin/prtconf -c CPU Type: 64-bit # xlC_r -V /usr/bin/pg /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/vacpp.help VisualAge C++ Professional / C for AIX Compiler, Version 6 -- Posted via http://dbforums.com