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What is the meaning of "missing indirect symbols for section (__TEXT, __symbol_stub)"?
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What is the meaning of "missing indirect symbols for section (__TEXT, __symbol_stub)"?


  • Subject: What is the meaning of "missing indirect symbols for section (__TEXT, __symbol_stub)"?
  • From: John Reppy <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 00:32:49 -0500

I'm trying to help someone port a compiler (http://mlton.org) that generates
x86 assembly code, but we are having difficulty with calls to external C functions.
If we are calling a function _foo directly, we get a error from ld:


external relocation entries in non- writable section (__TEXT,__text) symbols:
_foo


but if we put in a stub as suggested by the "Mac OS X Assembler Reference"

	.symbol_stub
	L_foo_stub:
	.indirect_symbol _foo
		hlt ; hlt ; hlt ; hlt ; hlt

we get the following error from the assembler:

	missing indirect symbols for section (__TEXT,__symbol_stub)

Can someone explain what the root cause of this error message might be?

	- John

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