On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 03:50:01AM -0500, Amrith wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am having a problem, while compiling a C code program which is > having a stat64 function. > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.3/../../../crt1.o(.text+0x18): In ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Doesn't sound much like Fedora Core. > function `_start': > ../sysdeps/i386/elf/start.S:98: undefined reference to `main' > ld: trial.o: hidden symbol `stat64' in > /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(stat64.oS) is referenced by DSO > > Please can u answer why hidden symbols are used? > How to get out of this problem. Actually the definition is in > libc_nonshared.a. > Is there any work around for this problem ? Anyway, this means you have one of the shared libraries you are trying to link against built incorrectly. ld -shared should never be used to build shared libraries, always use gcc -shared or g++ -shared. gcc/g++ driver needs all the little details how to link proper shared libraries. Jakub
