Unix (HP-UX) system calls from ADA

[valdi@rhi.hi.is (Thorvaldur Sigurdsson)]

Subject: Unix (HP-UX) system call from ADA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.lang.ada
Keywords: ADA


Problem       : Making unix system calls within Ada code
Background    : HP-UX 6.5, HP 9000/300 series, Alsys 4.35 Ada compiler
Error message : 
		ld: Undefined external -
		      _ll
		      _clear
		ld: output file still contains undefined symbols
		ld: (Warning) did not generate an output file
		ada: Errors detected

Manual 	      : Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language,
		Appendix F, page F-5, chapter F 1.1.4 Additional
		Information on INTERFACE and INTERFACE_NAME :

	       "When you want to call an HP-UX system call from Ada
		code, you should use a pragma INTERFACE with C as the
		language name.  It is not necassary to provide the C
		object file to the binder, because it will be found 
		automatically when the linker searches the system
		library".

Question      : Is the manual wrong concerning automatic linking or
		am I doing something wrong in the code ?

Source code   : main.ada, system.ads

main.ada      : The following source is the main procedure

		-- ************************************************
		-- *   ABSTRACT: Main program                     *
		-- ************************************************

		procedure MAIN is

		begin 

  	  	  UNIX_SYSTEM_CALL.clear;
  	  	  UNIX_SYSTEM_CALL.ll;

		end MAIN;


system.ads    : The following source is the unix_system_call package

		-- ************************************************
		-- *   ABSTRACT: Package specification  	  *
		-- ************************************************

		package UNIX_SYSTEM_CALL is
 	 
	  	  procedure clear;
	  	  procedure ll;

		private

  	  	  pragma INTERFACE (C, clear);  -- clear display
  	  	  pragma INTERFACE (C, ll);	-- long list

		end UNIX_SYSTEM_CALL;  -- package specification


P.S.	      : I tried also implementing the usage of INTERFACE_NAME 
		without results.
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