Bug#161416: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#161416: /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main')

[Marius Kotsbak <marius@kotsbak.com>]

I'm sorry but the commandline I used is not exactly what I did (I 
included a sourcefile), but anyway it is working now :-) Thanks for 
quick response.

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> #161416: /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main',
> which was filed against the libc6-dev package.
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> It has been closed by one of the developers, namely
> Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>.
>
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> From: Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
> To: Marius Kotsbak <marius@kotsbak.com>, 161416-done@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#161416: /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'
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> > When I try: gcc `sdl-config --libs`
> > I get this error:
> > =============
> > /usr/lib/crt1.o: In function `_start':
> > /usr/lib/crt1.o(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > =============
> >
> > I am using Debian unstable: Linux 2.4.19w4l #3 i686 unknown
> >    
>
> any this is a bug because....?
>
> you can't compile an executable linked with libc that only has
> other libraries and no main() function...
>
> randolph
>