Fw: undefined reference to `__errno_location(void)'

Fw: undefined reference to `__errno_location(void)'

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I'm trying to use 'extern int errno' and 'strerror(errno)' in some code that
I'm writing. The code that I'm writing is in C++ and I have '#include <cerrno>'
in my main header file.

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I get the following error when I compile:

/home/muvie/muvie/src/socket_class.c:211: undefined reference to 
`__errno_location(void)'

socket_class.c lines 203-211:
    int num_desc=0;
    static int select_return;
    int cur_desc;
    struct timeval wait;
    extern int errno;

    printf("%s\n",strerror(errno));

    select_return = 0;

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I searched your lists and the only message that came close was:

Re: c++/4881: errno_location() not linked when creating static library
    This is not a GCC problem.  errno_location is defined
    in the GNU C library that comes with Linux.
   
    If you want errno_location to be defined in your code,
    then in your source, include
    #include <errno.h>
   
    And when you link make sure to add -lpthread,
    since the symbol for errno_location is defined
    in the libpthread library on Linux.
   
    This is not a gcc problem.

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I tried this, but it did not get rid of the problem.

I'm using (gcc) g++ version 2.95.3 on Slackware Linux 8.1
(kernel 2.4.18). I have not upgraded my gcc from the version that
came with this operating system.

I also get this same problem on (gcc) g++ version 3.2 on Slackware 8.0
(kernel 2.4.18).

So what do I do?

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Thank you for your attention,

Gordon R. Ellsworth, Jr.

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