Use of CC -xar

Question

We are working with Forte 6 on Solaris 8 and are trying to build several libraries that contain a large number of template references.
When I build one such library using ar- r and use this library to construct an executable, I get a large list of undefined symbols that correspond to instantiated template constructors etc.
The direct correlation can be seen between the undefined symbols listed at link time with the symbols issued as informational messages by the compiler as it encounters the same template references during a build.
The Forte C++ Users Guide suggests the use of CC -xar to resolve exactly this kind of link problem. However, I get the following error when I try to use -xar to build the library:
ccfe: Sun WorkShop 6 2000/04/07 C++ 5.1
Unexpected flag '-ptm' for '/export/home0/SUNWspro/WS6/bin/ccfe'.
Could not open file "ir.out"
rm /tmp/ccfe.27703.1.s
SunWS_cache: Error: Error occurred in invoked compiler, exit status = 1(2). Aborting....
I had a scan through the options listings and there is no sign of a -ptm flag. Any help would be appreciated ?
Steve

Answer 1

Hi Gopinath,
After installing the patch we fall over with compilation with following error,
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"/export/home0/SUNWspro/WS6/include/CC/Cstd/list.cc", line 259: Error: remove_if(bool(*)(const std::T&)) is not
a member of std::list<std::T, std::Allocator>.
"/export/home0/SUNWspro/WS6/include/CC/Cstd/list.cc", line 284: Error: Could not find a match for std::list<std:
:T, std::Allocator>::unique(bool(*)(const std::T&,const std::T&)).
"/export/home0/SUNWspro/WS6/include/CC/Cstd/list.cc", line 312: Error: Could not find a match for std::list<std:
:T, std::Allocator>::merge(std::list<std::T, std::Allocator>&, bool(*)(const std::T&,const std::T&)).
"/export/home0/SUNWspro/WS6/include/CC/Cstd/list.cc", line 344: Error: Could not find a match for std::list<std:
:T, std::Allocator>::sort(bool(*)(const std::T&,const std::T&)).
4 Error(s) detected.
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But with un-installing the patch the above errors doesn't comeup.
But we are able to create libs using -xar switch without patch 109490-01.
Our present problem is getting following message at link time.
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/export/home0/SUNWspro/WS6/bin/c++filt: Sun WorkShop 6 2000/04/07 C++ 5.1
ld: Software Generation Utilities - Solaris-ELF (4.0)
Undefined               first referenced
symbol                in file.
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Also we find UNDEF aggainst the symbols listed in libraries. Most of the undefined symbols seems to be member templates.
Any Idea what's going on?
Thanks for the help in advance,
Steve