Compile all then link in SAS/C?

[johnhkc]

Using SAS/C, whether I double-click Build or do a "sc:c/smake" from the shell, it compiles one file, tries to link and then errors out when it can't find some extern symbols. Is there a setting that will compile everything first and then link?

[deimos]

Originally Posted by johnhkc

Using SAS/C, whether I double-click Build or do a "sc:c/smake" from the shell, it compiles one file, tries to link and then errors out when it can't find some extern symbols. Is there a setting that will compile everything first and then link?

My guess is that it's using a makefile, and that you need to list all the objects you want to build in that?

[johnhkc]

Originally Posted by deimos

My guess is that it's using a makefile, and that you need to list all the objects you want to build in that?

But it will only compile one file at a time even if I delete #?.o
Does this look right?



#
# Makefile automatically generated by MKMK V6.55
# Fri Jun 26 19:07:55 1998
#

CFLAGS = StringMerge UnsignedChars \
CommentNest ErrorRexx NoMultipleIncludes \
StructureEquivalence NoIcons GenProtoParameters \
MultipleCharacterConstants STREQ noOPTIMIZE \
MemorySize=Huge IDLen=64 debug=FULL

OBJS= AppAttributes.o ARexx.o Attributes.o ClassBrowser.o data.o GUIElement.o jmh.o MAIN.o MenuEditor.o OOGA.o ProjectTree.o Startup.o

OOGA: $(OBJS)
sc $(CFLAGS) link to OOGAOO with <<
$(OBJS)
<

AppAttributes.o: AppAttributes.c AppAttributes.h common.h

ARexx.o: ARexx.c ARexx.h common.h

Attributes.o: Attributes.c Attributes.h common.h

ClassBrowser.o: ClassBrowser.c ClassBrowser.h common.h

data.o: data.c data.h ooga.h common.h

GUIElement.o: GUIElement.c GUIElement.h common.h

jmh.o: jmh.c common.h

MAIN.o: MAIN.C common.h

MenuEditor.o: MenuEditor.c MenuEditor.h common.h

OOGA.o: OOGA.c OOGA.h common.h

ProjectTree.o: ProjectTree.c ProjectTree.h Attributes.h common.h

Startup.o: Startup.c Startup.h common.h

[deimos]

I can only guess that the << $(OBJS) < bit isn't working as expected. It could be something as silly as the spaces around your equals signs.

The end of this page http://www.pjhutchison.org/tutorial/sas_c.html gives an example that doesn't use that but lists the objects explicitly. I'd try copying that style first.

Or try regenerating it with mkmk.

I'm sure someone else knows the answer. Maybe it's not your makefile at fault.

[johnhkc]

None of that worked either. I tried the example on pjhutchison.org and to rebuild using mkmk. mkmk changed the file substantially but it still compiles and links one file then dies with:

*** SMAKE: Error return from child process ***
*** SMAKE: STOP ***

[a/b]

Do you have a SCOPTIONS file and if so, does it contain LINK option? Or if you run scopts, does it say Link or NoLink (under linker options)? Also, use scopts to change NoVerbose to Verbose to get more info about the build process.
Post build log, smakefile, SCOPTIONS, it's way too much guesswork. I didn't have any problems building the amiproc example from <sc_root>/examples/amiproc/ (with both existing and recreated smakefile).
Also, it's better to use [ code ] tag to avoid HTML reformatting for stuff like makefiles and code.