From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Thu Jun 18 23:09:21 1998
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 19 Jun 1998 00:09:21 +0200
Subject: Compiling under Digital Unix
In-Reply-To: Douglas Bates's message of Thu, 18 Jun 1998 16:08:38 -0500 (CDT)
References: <m0ymlvC-0000Y8C@verdi.stat.wisc.edu>
Message-ID: <x2btrqs6pa.fsf@blueberry.kubism.ku.dk>

Douglas Bates <bates@stat.wisc.edu> writes:


>  f77  -o R.binary arithmetic.o array.o attrib.o bind.o builtin.o character.o coerce.o colors.o complex.o context.o cov.o cum.o debug.o deparse.o deriv.o devices.o dotcode.o dstruct.o duplicate.o envir.o errors.o eval.o format.o fourier.o iosupport.o gram.o list.o logic.o main.o match.o memory.o model.o names.o objects.o optimize.o options.o par.o paste.o plot.o plot3d.o plotmath.o print.o printarray.o printvector.o printutils.o random.o relop.o saveload.o scan.o seq.o sort.o source.o split.o subassign.o subscript.o subset.o summary.o unique.o util.o version.o ../lib/libgraphics.a ../lib/libunix.a ../lib/libappl.a ../lib/libmath.a -lSM -lICE -L/s/X11R6.3-1/lib -lX11 -ldnet_stub -ltermcap -lm 
>  ld:
>  ../lib/libunix.a(system.o): main: multiply defined
>  fort: Severe: Failed while trying to link.
> 
> Is anyone familiar enough with Digital Unix to decide why it is
> defining main in unix/system.o.  I checked and the symbol is indeed
> defined there.

We *always* define main there... However, we do not generally use f77
to link, so my guess would be that the Fortran compiler supplies a
main() of its own. So perhaps you need to link with (g)cc and add in
some Fortran libraries?

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Compiling under Digital Unix
Peter Dalgaard BSA