Very Computer

I use the Wingz spreadsheet under a SunOs 4.1.3 at work, and am trying
to set up a similar environment on my Linux system.  To do this I need
to compile Wingz external add-ins.

(Nice spreadsheet by the way. See the homepage at:
 http://www.wingz.com/Welcome.html)

The problem is that I am unable to link after compiling.  The add-in
code has no 'main', as it is in a file $WINGZ/lib/libwztools.a.  On
SunOs, doing a:

gcc -O -I$(WINGZ)/include -c TestFunc.c -o TestFunc.o
gcc -O -I$(WINGZ)/include -o great_zot TestFunc.o \
       -L$(WINGZ)/lib -lwztools -lm            

works great, but under Linux the link fails with a message like:

/usr/lib/crt1.o (...) undefined symbol 'main'

'nm' shows 'main' as being defined in $WINGZ/lib/libwztools.a, so
I am at a loss to how to get this to compile.

        Linux Kernel:   1.3.99
        Wingz version:  1.4
        GCC version:    2.6

Any hints would be greatly appreciated.

Shaun
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: The problem is that I am unable to link after compiling.  The add-in
: code has no 'main', as it is in a file $WINGZ/lib/libwztools.a.  On
: SunOs, doing a:

: gcc -O -I$(WINGZ)/include -c TestFunc.c -o TestFunc.o
: gcc -O -I$(WINGZ)/include -o great_zot TestFunc.o \
:        -L$(WINGZ)/lib -lwztools -lm            

: works great, but under Linux the link fails with a message like:

: /usr/lib/crt1.o (...) undefined symbol 'main'

: 'nm' shows 'main' as being defined in $WINGZ/lib/libwztools.a, so
: I am at a loss to how to get this to compile.

:       Linux Kernel:   1.3.99
:       Wingz version:  1.4
:       GCC version:    2.6

"libwztools.a" for Wingz 1.4.1 was built with gcc 2.5.8
and is in a.out format.  Your "/usr/lib/crt1.o" appears
to be in ELF format.

You can usually compile in a.out format using:

        gcc -bi486-linuxaout ...

which uses /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linuxaout rather than
the default ELF location.

Stuart.
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