Hi, i have a simple makefile which looks like this: CArchive: CFileRw.o CArchive.o CMain.o g++ -o CArchive CFileRw.o CArchive.o CMain.o 3rdparty_1.a CFileRw.o: CFileRw.cxx HCommon.h g++ -c CFileRw.cxx CArchive.o: CArchive.cxx HCommon.h g++ -c CArchive.cxx CMain.o: CMain.cxx HCommon.h g++ -c CMain.cxx clean: rm CArchive CFileRw.o CArchive.o CMain.o When i try complining this on AIX 5.3 with g++ 3.3.2. It gives the below mentioned error g++ -o CArchive CFileRw.o CArchive.o CMain.o 3rdparty_1.a ld: 0711-447 SEVERE ERROR: Shared object 3rdparty_1.a The .loader section has been truncated. The object is being ignored. collect2: ld returned 12 exit status make: 1254-004 The error code from the last command is 1. If somone can point out as to whats going wrong here, that would be nice. thanks,