GCJ: Tru64 weak symbols.

Mon Oct 1 10:17:00 GMT 2001

Antonio Ake writes:
> In 3.0.1, I am having these warning messages that I didn't have in 3.0:
> /bin/ld:
> /usr/users/ake/gcc3.0.1/bin/../lib/gcc-lib/alphaev56-dec-osf5.0/3.0.2/../../../libgcj.a(natObject.o):
> _Jv_GetArrayElementFromElementType(java::lang::Object*,
> java::lang::Class*): weak symbol multiply defined

That's an unfortunate side effect of adding support for weak symbols on
Tru64 UNIX in 3.0.1. They help alot for C++ (and thus Java), but
unfortunately Compaq's ld has several problems and weaknesses compared to
other systems. There's no known way to disable these annoying messages,
but they are just warnings and can be ignored. I'll have to bug my Compaq
contacts about them; if you have a software support contract with Compaq,
you might do the same.
	Rainer
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