Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From: manfred DOT heumann AT uni-bielefeld DOT de (Manni Heumann)
Subject: Re: A Linking problem
References: <19990603131746 DOT 99779 DOT qmail AT hotmail DOT com>
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djgpp AT delorie DOT com wrote:
>
>Hello,
>I am have a bit of trouble linking my *.o files. I am trying to port a mud 
>to run at dos. The *.c files compile fine, but when I type "gcc -o 
>filename.exe *.o" I get a long list of things that say undefined reference, 
>and it seems to be all of the functions. At the end of the linking process 
>there is a message....
>
>"c:\djgpp\lib\libc.a(crt1.o)(.text+0x446):crt1.c:undefined reference to 
>'main'.
>
>Any help would do a lot of good....
>
>thank you very much!!
>
>

Did you really try to specify all your .o files with the wildcard (*.o)? Or 
was that just shorthand for this post?
If it wasn't: You will have to be a little more specific and give gcc the name 
of every single .o file you want to link.
Or (better) use make.


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Manni