[bug-diffutils] bug#20940: bug#20940: Issue with AIX build ld:Undefined symbol: @address@hidden

[Pete Lancashire]

Please close.

The issue was resolved by building and installing GNU libiconv

This helped

https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/1997-10/msg00828.html

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 8:02 AM, Pete Lancashire <address@hidden> wrote:

diffutils 3.2

oslevel -s  7100-03-05-1524

xlc is 12.1.0.3

CFLAGS cut back to not attempt optimization

compiler run as xlc_r 

"Invokes the compiler for C source files. This command supports all of the ISO C99 standard features, and most IBM language extensions. This invocation is recommended for all applications."

reference: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGH2K_12.1.0/com.ibm.xlc121.aix.doc/compiler_ref/tucmpinv.html?lang=en

PATH    /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/buildsw/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.:/usr/vac/bin:/usr/vacpp/bin

OBJECT_MODE   64

CC       xlc_r

CFLAGS -qmaxmem=-1 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qcache=auto -DSYSV -D_AIX -D_AIX71 -D_ALL_SOURCE -DFUNCPROTO=15 -O5 -I/usr/local/include

LDFLAGS  -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/usr/local/lib -bmaxdata:0x80000000 -brtl

LIBS     

CPPFLAGS 

CXX      xlc++_r

CXXFLAGS -I/usr/local/include

make

[chomp]

  CC       sdiff.o

  CCLD     sdiff

ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: @address@hidden

ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.

1586-347 (U) An error occurred during linking of the object produced by the IPA Link step.  The link return code was 8.

Makefile:1132: recipe for target 'sdiff' failed

$ which ld

/usr/bin/ld

$ /usr/bin/ld -V       

/usr/bin/ld: LD 7.1.3(4/1/14)