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In article <1992Sep23.192057.21888@fnbc.com> billb@fnbc.com (Bill Burcham)  
writes:
> How's that for cryptic.  Anyhow, when I do a build from Project Builder  
I  
> sometimes get ld error like: 
> 
> ld ../obj/Hedge.o ../obj/HierPIList.o ../obj/MissingPrices.o  
> ../obj/MPList.o ../obj/PIList.o ../obj/Portfolio.o ../obj/Position.o -r  
-o  
> ../obj/Portfolio.o
>  
> ld: multiple definitions of symbol .objc_class_name_PIList
> ../obj/PIList.o definition of absolute .objc_class_name_PIList (value  
0x0)
> ../obj/Portfolio.o definition of absolute .objc_class_name_PIList (value  
> 0x0)
> 
> ld: multiple definitions of symbol .objc_class_name_Hedge
> ../obj/Hedge.o definition of absolute .objc_class_name_Hedge (value 0x0)
> ../obj/Portfolio.o definition of absolute .objc_class_name_Hedge (value  
> 0x0)
> 
> (etc, etc, etc...)
> 
> Each of these .o files (except for MissingPrices and Portfolio) rep's a  
> class in a common class hierarchy (based on PIList).  I touched PIList.h  
> before doing the preceeding (debug) build.  I have seen the problem  
> repeatedly under PB, but never under 2.x IB gen'd Make's.
> 
> The workaround I have been using is to delete all the .o files for this  
> subproj and make again.  This sucks because I have to wait for all these  
> compiles whenever I change any file (why don't I just throw Make out and  
> write a shell script?!?)
> 
> Help!!!!
> --

Dave Moore @ NeXT was kind enough to provide this workaround:

> From: Dave_Moore@next.com (Dave Moore)
> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 11:09:29 -0700
> To: billb@fnbc.com (Bill Burcham)
> Subject: Re: PB ld finding multi. defs.
> 
> Bill,
> 	This sounds like something we know about.  I think if you
> changed the name of either your subproject or class file
> from Portfolio to something else everything will work
> fine.  The problem is that you are using the ld -r'd
> subproject o file the second time around instead of the
> class o file.  Try it and let me know if it doesn't work.  
> 
> 	
> 	Dave Moore
> 	NeXT Computer, Inc.
> 	Software Development Tools
> 
Bill