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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@Shaw.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: gcc v.11.3.0 failing - possible cause gcc or libreadline.a?
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:40:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a2c87661-41de-2221-9b6a-5f33cdbfbd59@Shaw.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB6P18901MB0055CB2FA11847A55C63B1B4A4E19@DB6P18901MB0055.EURP189.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM>

On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 08:06:01 +0000, Fergus Daly wrote:
>>> In a gcc build script terminating with the instruction
>>>     gcc -w -static -o myexe -O3 ./myarchive.a -lreadline -lncurses -lm
>>> I have suddenly started getting very many instances of both of
>>>     ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/terminal.c:nn various: undefined reference to `{various}'
>>>     ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/display.c:nn various: undefined reference to `{various}'
>>> and the build fails.

> The problem was with readline not gcc
> and I assume originates in myarchive.a and the required switch -lreadline in the gcc line
> rather than in readline: nevertheless I reverted both libreadline-devel and libreadline7
> from 8.2-2 to 7.03 and the problem went away.

Please provide a few examples which include the actual texts of "nn various" and 
`{various}' especially where any prefixes vary.

Did you also upgrade/downgrade libncurses-devel concurrent with 
libreadline-devel as they are dependent?

Why suppress all warnings -w from the ld (or any) phase of compilation?
Those warnings could tell you what causes an issue.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte			Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter	not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer	but when there is no more to cut
			-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte			Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter	not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer	but when there is no more to cut
			-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis			Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte			Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter	not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer	but when there is no more to cut
			-- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  reply	other threads:[~2022-12-17 22:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-14 10:42 Fergus Daly
2022-12-15  8:06 ` Fergus Daly
2022-12-17 22:40   ` Brian Inglis [this message]
2022-12-19 12:13   ` Fergus Daly

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