> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > > or Linux) gmake barfs with:
> > > Undefined symbol alloca in file bootstrap/SUBSYS.o
>
> > The alloca calls are coming from the code generated by bison. Strange
> > it would do that on Unixware. You would think bison would know if
> > alloca was available, and only use it if it was. If you use 'nm' you
> > will see the unresolved call in bootparse.c, no?
>
> Bruce - I am not sure what I am looking for...so here is the stdout from
> running nm (tail make.log follows the nm output).
>
> Thanks for taking the time, I know you're rather busy.
It is this line:
[56] | 0| 0|NOTY |GLOB |0 |UNDEF |alloca
Your bison is outputting code that can not be resolved by the libraries
you supplied. Try doing 'nm' in /usr/lib, and see if you can find a
reference to alloca that does not have "UNDEF" next to it.
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