McVole
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What command line options do I need to build a shared object with g++ on solaris 8 ?
I tried to build a simple shared object on Solaris 8 as follows. There's nothing remotely complex in mylib.cpp
g++ -fPIC -shared -o mylib.so mylib.cpp
and got several error messages all of the same form, as follows.
/opt/gnu/bin/ld: fde encoding in /var/tmp//ccJnUCJ3.o(.eh_f
What do I need to do to get the build to work?
g++ -fPIC -shared -o mylib.so mylib.cpp
and got several error messages all of the same form, as follows.
/opt/gnu/bin/ld: fde encoding in /var/tmp//ccJnUCJ3.o(.eh_f
What do I need to do to get the build to work?
Brian Utterback
Not sure what is going on. It looks like a linker bug. It's a long shot, but try adding -eh-frame-hdr to the compile command line.
ASKER
OK, I added -eh-frame-hdr to the compile command line, and got the same problem.
/opt/gnu/bin/ld: fde encoding in /var/tmp//ccTSAAaN.o(.eh_f
I also found that if I built a shared library in C with gcc on the same box, it worked. And if I omitted the -fPIC from the g++ command line it worked, i.e.
g++ -shared -o mylib.so mylib.cpp
worked. But then it probably won't get shared.
/opt/gnu/bin/ld: fde encoding in /var/tmp//ccTSAAaN.o(.eh_f
I also found that if I built a shared library in C with gcc on the same box, it worked. And if I omitted the -fPIC from the g++ command line it worked, i.e.
g++ -shared -o mylib.so mylib.cpp
worked. But then it probably won't get shared.
What happens if you do the compile and link in two steps?
ASKER
I compiled mylib.cpp into mylib.o with -fPIC with no problems. When I attempted to link a shared object I go the following error.
ld: fde encoding in mylib.o(.eh_frame) prevents .eh_frame_hdr table being created.
Have you tried using the system ld command?
ASKER
No, just the gnu linker.
Is it binary compatible?
Where am I likely to find it?
Is it binary compatible?
Where am I likely to find it?
/usr/ccs/bin/ld
ASKER
/usr/ccs/bin/ld -shared -o mylib.so mylib.o
ld: fatal: option -h and building a dynamic executable are incompatible
ld: fatal: Flags processing errors
Did I get the command line options right?
ld: fatal: option -h and building a dynamic executable are incompatible
ld: fatal: Flags processing errors
Did I get the command line options right?
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/usr/ccs/bin/ld -B dynamic -o mylib.so mylib.o
Undefined first referenced
symbol in file
__gxx_personality_v0 mylib.o
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to mylib.so
(and it worked fine with analogous gcc output).
So it's g++ not the linker!
Thank you, that was worth knowing. It seems to be gcc 4.1 on solaris 8, so I've requested a move to 4.2 in the hope the problem goes away. You'll hear from me. Any more ideas?
Undefined first referenced
symbol in file
__gxx_personality_v0 mylib.o
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to mylib.so
(and it worked fine with analogous gcc output).
So it's g++ not the linker!
Thank you, that was worth knowing. It seems to be gcc 4.1 on solaris 8, so I've requested a move to 4.2 in the hope the problem goes away. You'll hear from me. Any more ideas?