On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 08:06:01 +0000, Fergus Daly wrote:
In a gcc build script terminating with the instruction
    gcc -w -static -o myexe -O3 ./myarchive.a -lreadline -lncurses -lm
I have suddenly started getting very many instances of both of
    ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/terminal.c:nn various: undefined 
reference to `{various}'
    ld: /usr/src/debug/readline-8.2-2/display.c:nn various: undefined reference 
to `{various}'
and the build fails.

The problem was with readline not gcc
and I assume originates in myarchive.a and the required switch -lreadline in 
the gcc line
rather than in readline: nevertheless I reverted both libreadline-devel and 
libreadline7
from 8.2-2 to 7.03 and the problem went away.

Please provide a few examples which include the actual texts of "nn various" and `{various}' especially where any prefixes vary.

Did you also upgrade/downgrade libncurses-devel concurrent with libreadline-devel as they are dependent?

Why suppress all warnings -w from the ld (or any) phase of compilation?
Those warnings could tell you what causes an issue.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis                 Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer        but when there is no more to cut
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis                 Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter     not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer        but when there is no more to cut
                        -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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