ELF: linking: Why do I get undefined references in .so files
- by ki.lya.online.fr
Hi,
I'm trying to build a program against wxWidgets, and I get a linker error. I'd like to really understand what it means. The error is:
/usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so: undefined reference to `std::ctype<char>::_M_widen_init() const@GLIBCXX_3.4.11'
What I don't understand is why the error is at libwx_baseu-2.8.so. I thought that .so files had all its symbols resolved, contrary to .o files that still need linking.
When I ldd the .so, I get can resolve all its linked libraries, so there is no problem there:
$ ldd /usr/lib/libwx_baseu-2.8.so
linux-gate.so.1 => (0x00476000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/libz.so.1 (0x00d9c000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0x002a8000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0x00759000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x002ad000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x0068d000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x006f0000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00477000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x007f6000)
Does it means that the .so file was not compiled correctly (in that case, it's a bug in my distribution package) or does it means that there are missing libraries on the linker command line for my particular program?
Additionally, do you know how I can get a list on undefined symbols in an ELF file. I tried readelf -s but I can't find the missing symbol.
Thank you.
Mildred
