Question

I have a makefile. When I run it on Unix I get this error:

cc -I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/demo -I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/public \
   -I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/plsql/public \
   -I/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/network/public -I../common -I../include -I. \
   -L/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/lib -L/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0/rdbms/lib -L../../lib \
   -g -errwarn=%all -Xt  -lclntsh -ldl -Bstatic -lclient9 -lvsn9 -lcommon9 -lgeneric9 \
   -lmm -lcore9 -lnls9  -lwssmbx -ldes -lnsl -lsocket -lgen -lm -o bessToWss

usage: cc [ options] files.  Use 'cc -flags' for details  
*** Error code 1

What does “usage: cc [ options] files. Use 'cc -flags' for details” mean?

I’m not sure why I get the error because I do use cc -flags:

$(TARGET_DIR)/bessToWss: $(INTFOBJS)  
    cc $(CFLAGS) $(INTFOBJS) $(OCISHAREDLIBS) -o $@

EDIT: Adding my entire makefile

ORACLE_HOME=/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0

COMMON_SRC=../common
BNS_INCLUDE=../include
LIBHOME=$(ORACLE_HOME)/lib/
RDBMSLIB=$(ORACLE_HOME)/rdbms/lib/

WSSLIBS     =-lwssmbx -ldes
LLIBRDBMS_CLT   =-lclient9 -lvsn9 -lcommon9 -lgeneric9 -lmm
LLIBCLNTSH      =-lclntsh -ldl
CORELIBS        =-lcore9 -lnls9 
LDLIBS          =-lnsl -lsocket -lgen -lm
EXSYSLIBS       =-R $(ORACLE_HOME)/lib

STATICTTLIBS    =$(LLIBRDBMS_CLT) $(CORELIBS) $(WSSLIBS) $(LDLIBS)
OCISHAREDLIBS   =$(LLIBCLNTSH) -Bstatic $(STATICTTLIBS)


LDFLAGS     =-L$(ORACLE_HOME)/lib -L$(ORACLE_HOME)/rdbms/lib -L../../lib

INCLUDE     =-I$(ORACLE_HOME)/rdbms/demo -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/rdbms/public -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/plsql/public -I$(ORACLE_HOME)/network/public -I$(COMMON_SRC) -I$(BNS_INCLUDE) -I. 

CFLAGS      =$(INCLUDE) $(LDFLAGS) -g -errwarn=%all -Xt

BESSOBJS=bessToWss.o


COMMONLIST=$(COMMON_SRC)/oracle.c \
    $(COMMON_SRC)/logger.c

INTFOBJS=$(BESSOBJS) $(COMMONLIST)


$(TARGET_DIR)/bessToWss: $(INTFOBJS)
    cc $(CFLAGS) $(INTFOBJS) $(OCISHAREDLIBS) -o $@
clean:
    $(RM) *.o

Answer 1

It means you have an invalid compiler option on the command line. It might be that you are using the ‘wrong’ compiler (maybe GCC instead of Sun’s compiler, for example). The probable problem options I see are:

• -Xt
• -errwarn=%all

and maybe (but probably not)

• -Bstatic

The others would not lead to usage errors like that.

(NB: It would help to identify the machine and the compiler you are using, and the compiler Oracle expects you to use.)