Re: netbase build problems

[Richard van den Berg <R.vandenBerg@inter.NL.net>]

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Florian Lohoff wrote:

> Hi,
> does anyone have a clue what this means ?
> 
> 
> ./defn2c.pl inet6.defn > inet6.c
> gcc -Wall -W -g -O2   -c -o inet6.o inet6.c
> gcc -Wall -W -g -O2   -c -o archlinux.o archlinux.c
> gcc -Wall -W -g -O2 -o ifup main.o addrfam.o execute.o config.o inet.o ipx.o inet6.o archlinux.o
> inet.o: In function `loopback_up':
> /data/deb/netbase-3.16/ifupdown/inet.c:9: undefined reference to `execute'
> /data/deb/netbase-3.16/ifupdown/inet.c:10: undefined reference to `execute'
> inet.o: In function `loopback_down':
> /data/deb/netbase-3.16/ifupdown/inet.c:14: undefined reference to `execute'
> inet.o: In function `static_up':
> /data/deb/netbase-3.16/ifupdown/inet.c:25: undefined reference to `execute'
> /data/deb/netbase-3.16/ifupdown/inet.c:26: undefined reference to `execute'
> inet.o:/data/deb/netbase-3.16/ifupdown/inet.c:27: more undefined references to `execute' follow
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> make[1]: *** [ifup] Error 1

It simply means that ld is unable to find the execute routine. Does
netbase-3.16 builds on a ix86 box, if so where is the execute routine?
Isn't it fun building packages. :-)

Regards,
Richard