From help-octave-request  Fri Feb 12 15:35:00 1993
Subject: Re: two comilation errors
From: John Fletcher <ECM9093 at pcmail dot aston dot ac dot uk>
To: richard at blazers dot tv dot tek dot com, help-octave
Date: 12 Feb 93 10:31:21 GMT

> Date:       Thu, 11 Feb 93 18:03:11 PST
> From:       richard at blazers dot tv dot tek dot com (Richard Kim)
> To:         Octave List <help-octave at che dot utexas dot edu>
> Cc:         richard at blazers dot tv dot tek dot com
> Subject:    two comilation errors

>
> I use SPARC IPC, SunOS 4.1.1, X11R5
>   gcc-2.3.3
>   octave-0.67 (patched from 0.66 to 0.67)
>
<first problem deleted>
>
>
> Second, while linking "src/octave", the loader gives the following error:
>
> ld: Undefined symbol
>    _malloc__FUi
>
This looks to me that malloc is being treated as a C++ routine rather
than a C routine, hence the mangled name.  I guess that is a header
problem.  The header should have  extern "C" put round it in C++
context.
>
> What is wrong?
>
> Richard Y. Kim            (503) 627-2375 (Office)
> richard at tv dot tv dot tek dot com     (503) 627-1707 (Fax)
>
I hope this helps.

John

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