From:	Charles Terry <cterry AT plinet DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: HELP! LD doesn't warn me about unresolved externals!
Date:	Sat, 04 Apr 1998 17:46:29 -0800
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Joshua Hab wrote:
> 
> For some reason, ld allows me to link and builds exe files even if there are
> unresolved externals! When the program is run, it crashes whenever it tries to
> execute an undefined subroutine!
> 
> How can I get it to warn me when I forget to link a library or include an
> object file?

I'm not really a bettin man but I would bet my firstborn that the
cause of the crash is not unresolved externals. (unless you've
gotten ahold of an alpha version)

The only thing close to that that might happen is in C++ with virtual
functions in Inherited classes getting scrambled. I don't even remember
exactly how that can happen but I've seen an explanation at some
point.

Information needed is what flavor of crash - SIGSEGV, lockup
reboot?

If it's a SIGSEGV (you may already know this) type symnify 'myprog.exe'
while the stack dump information is still on the screen to get a
printout
of what functions were called to lead to the crash.

Charles

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