CLAPACK : Undefined reference to main_

CLAPACK : Undefined reference to main__

by Mik » Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:33:01

I am trying to use the CLAPACK libraries from netlib.org but simply
cannot get anything to compile. No matter what I seem to do I
eventually get the error

Undefined refernce to main__

with varying gunk before it depending on exactly what I have done to
get the error. I am pretty sure that there is nothing wrong with the
code I am trying to compile since it is the example code from
netlib.org in the FAQ

http://ftp.nchc.gov.tw/pub2/netlib/clapack/faq.html

can anyone help me? I am going nuts

Mike

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1. F2C undefined reference to MAIN__ ?

Hi All:

This issue is a recurring theme and probably been answered before. But
can anyone tell me how to get rid of this linker error?
I don't think the answer is "get a newer version of f2c"?

This error usually occurs after the fortran has been converted to C, and
a "fortran converted" routine is called from a C main program. The static
library of f2c(libf2c.a) does not give this error. But the shared library
version gives "libf2c.so undefined reference to MAIN__". Awhile back, I
took the f2c source code and broke out the libI77, and libbF77 libs from
f2c.so , removed all references to main and linked the new c source with
these libs instead of f2c.so. This seemed to work, but I don't want to
hack f2c again.
My current f2c version came with the stock redhat 4.2 as does my libgcc
(gcc 2.7.2.1) so I don't think I have any library, loader, linker
incompatility problems. Besides compiling with -static option works. Any
ideas why I get these errors with the shared lib.
Libraries and applications generated from the fortran code excluxively
work(no c interface).

So to summarize:
Fortran exclusively with shared or static libs - works
Fortran library callable from C main with static libraries - works
Fortran library callable from C main with shared libraries - generates
undefined reference to MAIN__

Can anyone shed some light on this issue.

Bill D.

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