# \[Bug #2735\] miniruby make failed on powerpc-darwin9.8.0

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2735-miniruby-make-failed-on-powerpc-darwin9-8-0/183297>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 11, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2735-miniruby-make-failed-on-powerpc-darwin9-8-0/183297 "2010-02-11T11:30:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2735-miniruby-make-failed-on-powerpc-darwin9-8-0/183297/1 "2010-02-11T11:30:46Z")

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Bug #2735: miniruby make failed on powerpc-darwin9.8.0  
[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2735](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2735)

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e$B%+%F%4%je(B: build  
ruby -v: ruby 1.9.2dev [powerpc-darwin9.8.0]

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gcc -O2 -g -W -Wall -Wformat=2 -Wundef -Wno-parentheses  
-Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-missing-field-initializers -pipe -L.  
-Wl,-u,\_objc\_msgSend main.o dmydln.o dmyencoding.o dmyversion.o  
miniprelude.o array.o bignum.o class.o compar.o complex.o dir.o enum.o  
enumerator.o error.o eval.o load.o proc.o file.o gc.o hash.o inits.o  
io.o marshal.o math.o node.o numeric.o object.o pack.o parse.o process.o  
random.o range.o rational.o re.o regcomp.o regenc.o regerror.o regexec.o  
regparse.o regsyntax.o ruby.o safe.o signal.o sprintf.o st.o strftime.o  
string.o struct.o time.o transcode.o util.o variable.o compile.o debug.o  
iseq.o vm.o vm\_dump.o thread.o cont.o ascii.o us\_ascii.o unicode.o  
utf\_8.o newline.o alloca.o dmyext.o -lpthread -ldl -lobjc -o miniruby  
Undefined symbols:  
“\_xfree”, referenced from:  
\_alloca in alloca.o  
“\_xmalloc”, referenced from:  
\_alloca in alloca.o  
ld: symbol(s) not found  
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status  
make: \*\*\* [miniruby] Error 1  
exit 2

# Index: missing/alloca.c

— missing/alloca.c (revision 26632)  
+++ missing/alloca.c (working copy)  
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@

#define NULL 0 /\* null pointer constant  
\*/

-#ifdef RUBY\_LIB  
+#ifdef RUBY\_LIB\_PREFIX  
#define xmalloc ruby\_xmalloc  
#define xfree ruby\_xfree  
#endif

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**Author:** ![Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/77aa72/32.png) [@Kazuhiro\_NISHIYAMA](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Kazuhiro_NISHIYAMA)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 11:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/bug-2735-miniruby-make-failed-on-powerpc-darwin9-8-0/183297/2 "2010-02-11T11:33:07Z")

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This issue was solved with changeset r26643.  
Kazuhiro, thank you for reporting this issue.  
Your contribution to Ruby is greatly appreciated.  
May Ruby be with you.

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[http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2735](http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/2735)