pset3 find/helpers check50 error

Question

When I run find, it reports that it finds the value when it's in the haystack, and reports that it didn't find it when it isn't. (i.e. it works according to the specification).

make find

works with no problem.

Yet check50 helpers.c reports:

    :) helpers.c exists
    :( helpers.c compiles
    \ expected an exit code of 0, not standard error of "helpers.c:18:6: error: conflicting type..."
    :| finds 42 in {42,43,44}
    \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
    :| finds 42 in {41,42,43}
     \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
    :| finds 42 in {40,41,42}
    \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
   :| finds 42 in {41,42,43,44}
   \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
   :| finds 42 in {40,41,42,43}
    \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
   :| finds 42 in {39,40,41,42}
    \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
   :| doesn't find 42 in {39,40,41}
   \ can't check until a frown turns upside down
   :| doesn't find 42 in {39,40,41,43}
   \ can't check until a frown turns upside down

when I try

make helpers

I get the following error message:

clang -ggdb3 -O0 -std=c11 -Wall -Werror -Wshadow    helpers.c  -lcs50 -lm -o helpers
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 0 has invalid symbol index 11
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 1 has invalid symbol index 12
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 2 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 3 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 4 has invalid symbol index 11
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 5 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 6 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 7 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 8 has invalid symbol index 12
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 9 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 10 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 11 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 12 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 13 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 14 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 15 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 16 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 17 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 18 has invalid symbol index 13
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_info): relocation 19 has invalid symbol index 21
/usr/bin/ld: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o(.debug_line): relocation 0 has invalid symbol index 2
/usr/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main'
clang: error: linker command failed with exit code 1 (use -v to see invocation)
make: *** [helpers] Error 1

What's going wrong?

Answer 1

The make helpers problem is easy. You can't do that. Somewhere in the source code, there has to exist a main() function. the helpers.c file by itself doesn't have it, so it generates all the errors that you saw. If you look inside the Makefile file, it has the build rules or instructions for the compiler/build program. The file find.c contains main, and the makefile contains the instructions to actually build and compile find. For more details, review the class material on make, makefile and generating executables.

As for what's happening with check50, I'm not sure. Clearly there's some kind of conflict. What is line i8 in helpers, and what starts at helpers.c, line 18 column 6? Also, what includes have you added to the program? What files have you changed besides helpers.c? I'm thinking that you have a type that might be defined in two different header files and they're conflicting. Without seeing any code at all, it's really hard to know what's happening.

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