To:	babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu
Subject:	Re: What does this mean?
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From:	jcrigler AT orl DOT mmc DOT com
Date:	Fri, 20 May 1994 14:01:02 -0400
Sender:	jcrigler AT iplmail DOT orl DOT mmc DOT com

> > main.c (.data+a6): multiple definition of 'start (.data)'
> > fake (.text+0): first seen here
> 
> Do you have a variable named start declared outside of any function in two
> different source files?  If so, one of them should be declared extern.  I'm
> not sure what ld does in this case.  Some linkers complain, others just
> silently merge the definitions.

Or one or both should be declared `static'.
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something done because a machine I've never heard of is
down" --Leslie Lamport
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