[maemo-developers] Undefined reference error

[From: Simon Pickering]

> On 2010-05-13 22:32, Pallavi Kandhare 
> <pallavi.kandhare at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I have 2 files : list1.h and list1.c, and I call some 
> functions defined in list1.h in main function of main.c.
> >list1.h is included in both list1.c and main.c.
> >Still i am getting the following error :
> >/test1file/src/main.c undefined reference to function-name
> > 
> >The list1.o file is not created. What changes do i need to 
> make to my Makefile in order to remove this error.
> 
> It might be easier to use a build system that automatically 
> creates Makefiles for you, like autotools (more specifically, 
> automake for
> Makefiles):

Autotools sounds like overkill here, and even if using autotools, one ought
to understand how a Makefile works to be able to sort out any niggles.

I'd suggest posting a link to the files in question - Makefile, *.c, *.h and
letting people take a look and comment on what's going wrong. Note that you
should post a link as attachments are not allowed afaik.

Cheers,


Simon