Re: Solaris & Pro*C Problem

Rich Dedeyan wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I'm in the process of porting software from HP-Unix to Solaris 2.6. The
> software is developed all in C code. I am however having a problem. I made
> the coding changes and compiled the application using Sun Workshop 5.0 C
> compiler as well as the Oracle 8i Pro*C compiler.
>
> When I ran the application I was getting "Unresolved symbol: fatal:
> relocation error" when an executable was calling a shared library.
>
> I traced the problem down to the following (please bear with me folks):
>
> The call to the function in the shared library worked, however, once inside
> any function call outside the shared library gave the above mentioned error.
> I tried compiling the dynamic library as a static library and I didn't have
> any problems.
>
> Why does this happen to a dynamic library and not a static library?
> Anybody else experienced this? If any one can help, I'd very very much
> appreciate it.
>
> Thanks folks,
> Rich Dedeyan
> Gemplus Canada
>
> mailto:richard.dedeyan_at_gemplus.com

You need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your environment and point it towards the Oracle libraries. Received on Fri Sep 03 1999 - 06:43:13 CDT