[pups] Stupid question..

[pino@dohd.org (Martijn van Buul)]

Hey.

I'm playing around with a /53 running 2.11BSD, trying to port some 
software, and I have a (probably stupid) problem: environ.

When I write a simple program like

#include <stdio.h>

extern char **environ;

void main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char **argv;
{
    printf("Hello world!");
    environ=environ;
}

and compile & link it using cc ("cc -o test test.c"), things go fine, 
however if I link things manually ("cc -c test.c ; ld -o test test.o -lc")
I get an unresolved _environ. By some experimentation, I noticed that
including /lib/crt0.o in the linker helps to some extent - however,
the binary generated by cc works like a charm, while the manually
linked version quits with a bus error. Any ideas?




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From: "Steven M. Schultz" <sms@moe.2bsd.com>
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Hi -

> From: Martijn van Buul <pino at dohd.org>
> 
> however if I link things manually ("cc -c test.c ; ld -o test test.o -lc")
> I get an unresolved _environ. By some experimentation, I noticed that
> including /lib/crt0.o in the linker helps to some extent - however,
> the binary generated by cc works like a charm, while the manually
> linked version quits with a bus error. Any ideas?

	Try placing /lib/crt0.o before the test.o:

		ld -o test /lib/crt0.o test.o -lc

	on another note it's usually not a good idea to call a program 'test'
	because when you are least expecting it you will end up running
	/bin/test and wonder what is wrong.

	Steven