[Coco] Question about compiling C in OS-9

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On Tuesday 13 April 2010 09:05:40 am Boisy G. Pitre wrote:

> You're right Bob. I went back and looked at the thread and he does have a

>  main function.  One thing I find puzzling though is that in his c.prep

>  test.c output, the main function did not show up (Todd, I presume that you

>  pasted the entire output of the c.prep command).

> 

> Still there is no doubt at what the linker is telling us. It fails to see a

>  main function which is required for resolving. I would be inclined to run

>  c.prep test.c again and just verify that there is a main function in

>  there.  If not, then I would look at the source itself.  Line ending

>  issues perhaps?

> 

> Boisy

> 

> On Apr 13, 2010, at 7:53 AM, Bob Devries wrote:

> > Boisy, it's obvious from Todd's first post that he does indeed have a

> > reference to main.

> >

> > Could it be a compile time memory problem? Seems odd for such a short

> > programme segment.

> >

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> >

> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boisy G. Pitre" <boisy at tee-boy.com>

> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 10:37 PM

> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Question about compiling C in OS-9

> >

> >> Todd,

> >>

> >> The error from the linker is stating that main is an unresolved

> >> reference, and it s being referenced from the psect named "cstart_a"

> >> which resides in /dd/lib/cstart.r.

> >>

> >> Do you have a main function in your test.c program? If not, you need

> >> one.

> >>

> >> Boisy

> >>

> >> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:07 PM, Todd Wallace wrote:

> >>> Tried what you suggested Stephen.  Same error in the end.  I have both

> >>> cstart.r and clib.l in /DD/LIB.  the captial L flag says it was invalid

> >>> (linker fatal: unknown option -L), so i did the lowercase -l and heres

> >>> the output:

> >>>

> >>> {Term|02}/X1/SOURCES:cc1 test.c -l=/DD/LIB/clib.l

> >>> CC1 VERSION RS 01.00.00

> >>> COPYRIGHT 1983 MICROWARE

> >>> REPRODUCED UNDER LICENSE

> >>> TO TANDY

> >>> 'test.c'

> >>> c.prep:

> >>> c.pass1:

> >>> c.pass2:

> >>> c.opt:

> >>> c.asm:

> >>> c.link:

> >>> Unresolved references:

> >>> main             cstart_a         in /dd/lib/cstart.r

> >>> linker fatal: unresolved references

> >>>

> >>> - Todd Wallace

> >>>

> >>> On Apr 12, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Stephen Castello wrote:

> >>>> cc1 test.c -L=[path]/clib.l

> >>>> where [path] is the directory path to clib.l

> >>>> See C-Compiler manual page 1-13.

> >>>

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Hi

I was looking at this thread and noticed a statement with a missing ":" I am 
not a "C" programmer, but I have had some experience with C++. Might want to 
check the sytax. My 2 cents worth.