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bellinghman ([personal profile] bellinghman) wrote2007-07-27 06:40 pm

A question on AIX/gcc/C++

I have a problem trying to link some C++ code on AIX 5.3:



I'm trying to create a shared library on AIX, containing both the source to Perl, and some C++ code. I've got the relevant parts compiling, but I'm ending up with a link failure. This is what the output looks like. I'm obviously missing some library, but I'm rather bemused as to what, since I've never played on AIX before, and have hardly ever used gcc either.

(Yes, I'm logged in as root - so sue me. I'm running as the only user, and it's a throwaway environment.)

[pS0468C:root] /aix_gcc $ dmake
Linking Release/libJavaPerl.so
gcc -L/usr/lib/threads -shared -o Release/libJavaPerl.so -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-bdynamic -Wl,-bmaxdata:0x80000000 -Wl,-b32 -Xlinker Rel_tmp/PerlInterface.o Rel_tmp/com_episys_javaperl_Interpreter.o Rel_tmp/JavaAdaptor.o Rel_tmp/EvalReturn.o Rel_tmp/BadParameters.o Rel_tmp/Callback.o Rel_tmp/CharSetConverter.o Rel_tmp/PerlException.o Rel_tmp/JavaObjectRef.o Rel_tmp/JStringToUTF8.o Rel_tmp/StackTrace.o Rel_tmp/UTF8ToJString.o Rel_tmp/libperl.a Rel_tmp/DynaLoader.a -lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lpthreads -lc -lbsd -lstdc++
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for __cxxabiv1::__vmi_class_type_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for __cxxabiv1::__class_type_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for __cxxabiv1::__si_class_type_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string
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I have a problem trying to link some C++ code on AIX 5.3:

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I'm trying to create a shared library on AIX, containing both the source to Perl, and some C++ code. I've got the relevant parts compiling, but I'm ending up with a link failure. This is what the output looks like. I'm obviously missing some library, but I'm rather bemused as to what, since I've never played on AIX before, and have hardly ever used gcc either.

(Yes, I'm logged in as root - so sue me. I'm running as the only user, and it's a throwaway environment.)

[pS0468C:root] /aix_gcc $ dmake
Linking Release/libJavaPerl.so
gcc -L/usr/lib/threads -shared -o Release/libJavaPerl.so -Wl,-brtl -Wl,-bdynamic -Wl,-bmaxdata:0x80000000 -Wl,-b32 -Xlinker Rel_tmp/PerlInterface.o Rel_tmp/com_episys_javaperl_Interpreter.o Rel_tmp/JavaAdaptor.o Rel_tmp/EvalReturn.o Rel_tmp/BadParameters.o Rel_tmp/Callback.o Rel_tmp/CharSetConverter.o Rel_tmp/PerlException.o Rel_tmp/JavaObjectRef.o Rel_tmp/JStringToUTF8.o Rel_tmp/StackTrace.o Rel_tmp/UTF8ToJString.o Rel_tmp/libperl.a Rel_tmp/DynaLoader.a -lbind -lnsl -ldl -lld -lm -lcrypt -lpthreads -lc -lbsd -lstdc++
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for __cxxabiv1::__vmi_class_type_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for __cxxabiv1::__class_type_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for __cxxabiv1::__si_class_type_info
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_string()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::operator=(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::allocator<char>::allocator()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(char const*, std::allocator<char> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_istringstream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::basic_istringstream(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&, std::_Ios_Openmode)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::allocator<char>::~allocator()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char"> >::operator>>(void*&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_istringstream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_istringstream()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: typeinfo for std::exception
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: vtable for std::exception
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::c_str() const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::compare(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&) const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::size() const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::append(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::append(char const*)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::operator+=(char const*)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::find(std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&, unsigned long) const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::erase(unsigned long, unsigned long)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::begin()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::operator[](unsigned long)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::operator=(char const*)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::basic_ostringstream(std::_Ios_Openmode)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char"> >& std::operator<< <std::char_traits<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char"> >&, char const*)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char"> >::operator<<(void const*)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::str() const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_ostringstream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::~basic_ostringstream()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::allocator<wchar_t>::allocator()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::basic_string(unsigned long, wchar_t, std::allocator<wchar_t> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::allocator<wchar_t>::~allocator()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::operator[](unsigned long)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::operator[](unsigned long) const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::~basic_string()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::size() const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::basic_string(unsigned long, char, std::allocator<char> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::operator[](unsigned long) const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char"> >& std::operator<< <char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >(std::basic_ostream<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char"> >&, std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> > const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::c_str() const
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::allocator<wchar_t>::~allocator()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::_S_empty_rep()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::_Rep::_M_refdata()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::_Rep::_S_create(unsigned long, unsigned long, std::allocator<wchar_t> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::_Rep::_M_set_length_and_sharable(unsigned long)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::_Alloc_hider::_Alloc_hider(wchar_t*, std::allocator<wchar_t> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t="std::char_traits&lt;wchar_t">, std::allocator<wchar_t> >::basic_string()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::allocator<char>::~allocator()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_S_empty_rep()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_Rep::_M_refdata()
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_Rep::_S_create(unsigned long, unsigned long, std::allocator<char> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_S_copy_chars(char*, char const*, char const*)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_Rep::_M_destroy(std::allocator<char> const&)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_Rep::_M_set_length_and_sharable(unsigned long)
ld: 0711-317 ERROR: Undefined symbol: .std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char="std::char_traits&lt;char">, std::allocator<char> >::_Alloc_hider::_Alloc_hider(char*, std::allocator<char> const&)
ld: 0711-345 Use the -bloadmap or -bnoquiet option to obtain more information.
collect2: ld returned 8 exit status
dmake: Error code 1, while making 'Release/libJavaPerl.so'


[pS0468C:root] /aix_gcc $ gcc --v
Using built-in specs.
Target: powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0
Configured with: ../configure --with-as=/usr/bin/as --with-ld=/usr/bin/ld --disable-nls --enable-languages=c,c++ --prefix=/opt/freeware --enable-threads --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --host=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0
Thread model: aix
gcc version 4.0.0

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Any clues?
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[identity profile] ewx.livejournal.com 2007-07-27 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)

I'm puzzled as to why you're decorating the first object file with -Xlinker. I'm not convinced it should make much difference but still.

Try linking with g++ instead of gcc.

They all look like symbols I would expect to be in GNU libstdc++, so I'd try to identify which library of that name the linker is finding.

We use the native compiler on AIX so I don't know much about GCC on AIX.

[identity profile] erikvolson.livejournal.com 2007-07-27 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thread model: aix
gcc version 4.0.0


Known bug in gcc 4.0. Current is 4.2.1. Try that (at least patch to the latest 4.0.X...) or see if it builds with xlc.

Shared libs in AIX are odd. If you say with gcc, you should read this.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-gnu.html