Hello to the list and I hope someone can shed some light on my problem. I've created a C executable that has Perl embedded in it. Furthermore, I have also created an XSUB package so that the Perl code I run in this C executable can have access to a socketized API in the XSUB bound into the executable. I started all this on AIX (where I thought I would have the most problems) and everything is running wonderfully. I then moved on to Linux where I thought it would be a piece of cake. Not so. When I am linking my C executable (using the specified options obtained from "perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts") there is specifically a reference to the DynaLoader library: /usr/lib/perl5/perl5.8.0 /i386-linux-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a but what I get back from gcc is an error that it can not find the boot_DynaLoader function referenced in xs_init! What the??? I tried manually extracting the DynaLoader.o out of the archive library and when I link this in gcc does not complain. But when I run my executable and it hits the newXS() call to register the DynaLoader bootstrap, I get a seg fault/core dump. So it appears to me that something's messed up with the DynaLoader.a/.o but I can not find any mention of it on the RedHat or ActiveState web site. I also tried downloading and installing Perl 5.8.7 but I got the same thing. I am on RH 9 with Perl 5.8.0. And like I said earlier, all this runs great on AIX 4.3 with RH 5.6.1. Any ideas? And thanks in advance for any help. I've scoured this list as well as the rest of the Internet without any hint as to what this problem really is or how it can be resolved. Rich Wells
