Re: [Tiny-cobol-users] Error while loading shared libraries

[David E. <de...@us...>]

Vince Coen wrote:

 > David Essex wrote:
 > ...
 >> I'm not sure what mean.
 >
 > I mean to link all the program elements / routines /
 > sub programs etc together with all runtime libraries
 > to make a complete running program that can be
 > transferred to any linux system and run as a standalone program.

I think you mean a completly statically linked program.
Yes you can do that, but it is generally not done (on UN*X) except by 
some system utilities.

The only dependencies used by TC programs are TC-RTL, BDB and (n/pd)curses.

UN*X:
Except for the TC RTL, all other dependencies including BDB and 
(n)curses, are usually part of the UN*X (Linux/BSD) distribution

Distributing binaries on UN*X (especially Linux) can be problematic.
But this is not specific to TC, but a very common problem.

Win32:
The best approach is to create a TC-RTL DLL which includes BDB and PDcurses.
Then all TC dependencies are resolved by the TC-RTL DLL.
Down side, 3 different licenses in one DLL.

On UN*X, you can check the dependencies using the LDD command.

 > ...
 > I am still not able to run all tests without some failures
 > despite using various versions of gcc including 4.1.1 , 3.3.6
 > amd 2.96.
 > What is the corrent one to use?

Version 0.63 should compile and run on 32-bit systems using GCC 2.x - 3.x.
I have no information about 32-bit (or 64-bit) systems using GCC 4.x.

I think the problem you have encountered is related to 64-bit systems.
Since I have no experience with 64-bit systems, I really can't help.

David Essex