Duplicate symbol error with aCC and shared libraries.

RAMAKRISHNA SREEDHARA — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:12:16 GMT

Hi,

I am trying to build a shared library using aCC with 2 files both containing main function.

aCC +z -c a.c
aCC +z -c b.c

aCC -b -o libr.sl *.o - On this , I get error that duplicate symbols are not allowed in shared libraries. Does this mean that we cannot have 2 main calls in one library. Static libraries do allow. my scenario is b.c has some functions that be used by a.c.

Any suggestions....

Thanks
Rama

Re: Duplicate symbol error with aCC and shared libraries.

Dennis Handly — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:49:23 GMT

You can't do this, why would you want to do so?
shared libs are NOT archive libs.

>Does this mean that we cannot have 2 main calls

You can't have duplicate definitions.

>my scenario is b.c has some functions that be used by a.c.

Delete the duplicate main function.

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Duplicate symbol error with aCC and shared libraries.

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