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Asked: 2026-05-13T08:40:03+00:00

When I recompiled an old Obj-C project (a Cocoa app), the linker couldn’t find

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When I recompiled an old Obj-C project (a Cocoa app), the linker couldn’t find some common library modules, including sin() and sysctl(). This project had been working in the previous version of Xcode. I am now using Xcode 3.1.2 in OSX 10.5. The error message was:

Line Location Tool:0: collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  
Line Location Tool:0: symbol(s) not found  
Line Location Tool:0: _AmIBeingDebugged in MeterMileage.o  
Line Location Tool:0: "_sysctl", referenced from:  
Line Location Tool:0: -[AnimatedStar drawRect:] in AnimatedStar.o  
Line Location Tool:0: "_sin", referenced from:  
...

My current version of Xcode will link with the correct library for a new project using sin(), etc. How do I fix the project which started in an earlier Xcode to use the correct library? I saw the post about linking in FFTW, but sin() is not so unusual, is it?

I suppose I could create a new project, and copy my code, etc into it, but that seems a little clumsy. Is there a better way? There will probably be more projects that need updating.

Thanks,
Gary

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s likely that the older project is trying to explicitly link against an older copy of the C standard library or runtime that doesn’t exist on 10.5. Please post the linker invocation line, not just the error results; that should give us some clues.

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