World: r3wp

Here is the problem with OS X host-kit release:
http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/osx-linker-symbols.html

So, we can have Android instead?

or ARM?

Carl, what version of GCC are you using on OSX?
What happens if instead of
  

  gcc -dynamiclib -exported_symbols_list exported -o a.lib a.o b.o

you do

  gcc -dynamiclib -Wl,-x -o a.lib a.o b.o

Got an ARM?

and a LEG

Was waiting for that. ;)

checking...

I have this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2

Intel XScale IXP420 CPU

Andreas: same result.

What version of GCC?

The Plug computers all use ARM too

(gcc -v)

gcc or -Wl,-v ?

gcc

gcc 4.0.1

ld -v?

cctools-590.23.2

ouch

gcc -Wl,-v also results in cctools?

collect version 4.0.1

and then same as ld above

If you download this:
http://bolka.at/2009/misc/exports.tar.gz

extract and make

what is it?

foo.c, bar.c and a makefile

should actually be pretty much the same as what you are doing. only 
that i have this exact constellations of files working fine on osx 
with gcc 4.0.1.

1 min

will have to check what linker that used, though

same result as given in my example

I seem to remember from last time we tried this... there's a special 
linker tool required on OS X.

But, it was a while ago, so I could be wrong.

i think my attempt was linking with GNU ld

So, I just wanted to post the doc above... and see if there's anyone 
who wants Host-Lib on OS X and is willing to solve the problem in 
some reasonable way.

I think the reasonable way is to get you a reasonable linker.

I assume you are on OSX 10.4 ("Tiger")?

right

So, you're telling me that everyone who built software for 10.4 used 
a bad linker?

libtool -- the name I was trying to remember

No, I'm just saying that for those set of command line flags, your 
linker behaves strange.

It's concatenating the objects. An old lazy method of lib building.

How did you install GCC? Via Xcode?

And, I mean lazy both ways. ;)

Yes, Xcode.

Perhaps I can cross build the lib from a linux box... ?

Yes, but that's a lot of work.

Might be worth it.

Would you mind upgrading to Xcode 2.5?

What's required to go to 2.5? Most tools are dead-ended for 10.4.

2.5 should work on 10.4.