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From: stripes@eng.umd.edu (Joshua Osborne)
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Subject: Re: Xtank for C-programming competition on Sun-4's
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Date: 6 Jul 90 21:12:51 GMT
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In article <1685@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> mcross@pennies.sw.stratus.com (Matt Cross) writes:
>ld: /lib/libX11.a(__.SYMDEF): rd_shsb: can't read struct dynamic for
>shared library /lib/libX11.a
>
>But, here's the command line that xtank passed to ld:
>
>/bin/ld -x -N -A ~mcross/xwins/xtank/xtank.exe -T (some address) -o
>/tmp/xtank.output ~mcross/xwins/xtank/Programs/DJCmove.o -lm -lc >
>/tmp/xtank.error 2>&1
>
>It doesn't include xtank in the libraries!  Might it have something to
>do with the -A option - xtank.exe uses libX11.a... HELP!
It failed because you linked xtank with a shared lib, the version of xtank
you are useing was built before shared libs were available, so it can't parse
the headder info.  (That is no excuse for the Beta version, but that doesn't
yet understand this stuff either).
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