so i'm trying to get xemacs to build, and configure decides it's ok to build modules, but when it tries to build them, it throws up at the module-link stage, with a zillion undefined references: make[1]: Entering directory `/src/xemacs/cygbuild/lilfix-mule/modules/postgresql' ../../lib-src/ellcc -g -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer -arith -Wno-sign-compare -Wshadow --mode=compile --mod-output=postgresql.o -I../ ../src -I/src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/../../src -c /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c ELLMAKEDOC=../../lib-src/make-docfile ../../lib-src/ellcc --mode=init --mod-output=postgresql_i.c \ --mod-name=postgresql --mod-version=1.0.0 \ --mod-title="PostgreSQL Client Interface for XEmacs" /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c ../../lib-src/ellcc -g -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer -arith -Wno-sign-compare -Wshadow --mode=compile --mod-output=postgresql_i.o -I. ./../src -I/src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/../../src -c postgresql_i.c ../../lib-src/ellcc --mode=link --mod-output=postgresql.ell postgresql.o postgresql_i.o -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lpq postgresql.o: In function `make_pgconn': /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:178: undefined reference to `_wrap_record_1' postgresql.o: In function `mark_pgconn': /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:194: undefined reference to `_Qnil' postgresql.o: In function `print_pgconn': /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:205: undefined reference to `_error_check_pgconn' /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:228: undefined reference to `_print_readably' /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:229: undefined reference to `_printing_unreadable_object' /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:231: undefined reference to `_write_c_string' postgresql.o: In function `allocate_pgconn': /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:241: undefined reference to `_alloc_automanaged_lcrecord' postgresql.o: In function `finalize_pgconn': /src/xemacs/lilfix/modules/postgresql/postgresql.c:254: undefined reference to `_invalid_operation' etc. etc. the problem, i assume, is that the ellcc front end is not passing the correct flags to say "build a shared LIBRARY, damn it!" and instead it tries to build an executable. here's ellcc.h: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- /* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!!!! */ /* Most of this is required due to a bug in the GCC compiler driver which prevents us from passing this on the command line. It also reduces the compiler command line length, which can be a problem on some systems. */ #ifndef ELLCC_HDR #define ELLCC_HDR #define ELLCC_CC "gcc" #define ELLCC_CFLAGS "-g -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith -Wno-sign-co mpare -Wshadow" #define ELLCC_CPPFLAGS "" #define ELLCC_LDFLAGS " " #define ELLCC_CF_GENERAL "-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -fno-caller-saves" #define ELLCC_CF_ALL "-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -fno-caller-saves -I/usr/X11R6/include" #define ELLCC_LF_GENERAL "" #define ELLCC_LF_ALL "-L/usr/X11R6/lib" #define ELLCC_LIBS_GENERAL "-lgdbm -lncurses -lintl -lwinmm -limm32 -lshell32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lcomdlg32 - lcomctl32 -lole32 -luuid -lwinspool -lmpr -lutil" #define ELLCC_DLL_CFLAGS "" #define ELLCC_DLL_LDFLAGS "-shared" #define ELLCC_DLL_POST "" #define ELLCC_DLL_LD "gcc" #define ELLCC_DLL_LDO "-o" #define ELLCC_CONFIG "i686-pc-cygwin" #define ELLCC_EMACS_VER "21.5-b9" #define ELLCC_PROGNAME "xemacs" #define ELLCC_ARCHDIR "/usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b9/i686-pc-cygwin" #define ELLCC_MODDIR "/usr/local/lib/xemacs-21.5-b9/i686-pc-cygwin/modules" #define ELLCC_SITEMODS "/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-modules" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- This is under the very latest of Cygwins: /src/xemacs/lilfix/nt 2052$ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.0 NEEEEEEE 1.3.13(0.62/3/2) 2002-10-13 23:15 i686 unknown /src/xemacs/lilfix/nt 2053$ gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/specs Configured with: /netrel/src/gcc-3.2-1/configure --enable-languages=c,c++,f77,ja va --enable-libgcj --enable-threads=posix --with-system-zlib --enable-nls --with out-included-gettext --enable-interpreter --disable-sjlj-exceptions --disable-ve rsion-specific-runtime-libs --enable-shared --build=i686-pc-linux --host=i686-pc -cygwin --target=i686-pc-cygwin --enable-haifa --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib --includedir=/nonexistent/include --libexecd ir=/usr/sbin Thread model: posix gcc version 3.2 20020818 (prerelease) any module developers [jerry james?] out there have any ideas what's going on? i confess to not understanding very well how dynamic linking and loading works. ben