linking with Borland-C 2.0

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2 total messages Started by Dale Wyttenbach Wed, 03 Apr 1991 16:30

#1131

Author: Dale Wyttenbach
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1991 16:30

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I'm trying to compile a program originally written for MSC under BorlandC.
There are approximately 50 object files, which I have compiled with
bcc.  I have two questions that are related.

(1)
When I try to link them, I get the error message:

undefined symbol _main in module c0.asm

There *is* a main() defined in one of the source files.  

(2)
I have tried
to compile the program both with and without Borland's fancy enviroment.
I actually prefer not to use it, because I'm used to the Unix 
enviroment (make, etc).  When I try to link from a makefile with tlink,
it bombs because the command-line arguments are too long.  Is there any
way around this?

Thanks in advance for any clues,

dale
-- 
 Dale Wyttenbach     | We all shine on,
 wytten@cs.umn.edu   | like the moon, the stars and the sun.
                     |                                      --John Lennon

Re: linking with Borland-C 2.0

#1145

Author: Dale Wyttenbach
Date: Mon, 08 Apr 1991 14:10

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I posted two questions about linking with Borland-C2.0 last week,
and I'd like to thank the many helpful people who responded.  Answers
to both my questions could be found in the Borland-C User's Guide.
One of these days I'm going to have to invent a book index that is
indexed by what you're thinking about instead of being indexed by
keywords you don't know yet :-)

In <1991Apr3.163007.4958@cs.umn.edu> wytten@cs.umn.edu (myself) writes:
>I'm trying to compile a program originally written for MSC under BorlandC.
>There are approximately 50 object files, which I have compiled with
>bcc.  I have two questions that are related.
>(1)
>When I try to link them, I get the error message:
>undefined symbol _main in module c0.asm

User's Guide, pg. 63: Options|Compiler|Code Generation|Generate Underbars
If you are linking with standard libraries, this box must be checked.

Comment: Argh!  What a ridiculous trap to set for an unsuspecting UNIX
programmer.  I used whatever the default options were, which apparently
included the standard libraries but *NOT* having this box checked.

>(2)
>When I try to link from a makefile with tlink,
>it bombs because the command-line arguments are too long.

See User's Guide, pg. 235: Using Response Files.

Thanks again!

dale
-- 
 Dale Wyttenbach     | We all shine on,
 wytten@cs.umn.edu   | like the moon, the stars and the sun.
                     |                                      --John Lennon

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