Re: [Vala] Problem using GLib's Math class

["Michel Salim" <michel sylvan gmail com>]

On 05/09/07, Mathias Hasselmann <mathias hasselmann gmx de> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, den 05.09.2007, 01:58 -0400 schrieb Michel Salim:
> > I found this really bizarre problem when compiling a simple test case:
> > the C file generated by Vala seems to be correct, but I keep getting
> > linker errors of this sort:
> >
> > /tmp/cc2bjTjM.o: In function `euclid_gcd':
> > euclid.c:(.text+0xd4): undefined reference to `floor'
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > error: cc exited with status 256
> > Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warning(s)
>
> You'll have to link with -lm to use most of the math functions in a
> console based Vala program. We plan support for automatically adding
> that compiler switch, but for now you have to compile your program with
> the switches "-X -lm". When using GTK+ you can omit that switches, as
> GTK+ pulls in that dependency already.
Ah OK. Why does the smaller test example work fine, though?

Thanks,

-- 
Michel