[expert] Re: [newbie] Lost C/C++ Libraries

[Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Ken Wilson wrote:

> I am doing some C programming on my recently installed Mandrake 6.0.  As far
> as I am aware I have the latest kernel and all the updates. However, I am
> having troubles compiling a small test program with pgcc(gcc) and suspect
> the libraries are missing or improperly linked as I can't use the log()
> function.

log() is defined in the math library. You have to compile with

gcc -lm -o something -whatever-other-flags-you-need yoursource.c
    ^^^

LLaP
bero