# Another problem with Linker Error reporting

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**Category:** Development tools\
**Created:** [December 2, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/another-problem-with-linker-error-reporting/3933 "2009-12-02T09:30:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![awneil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@awneil](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/u/awneil)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.sierrawireless.com/t/another-problem-with-linker-error-reporting/3933/1 "2009-12-02T09:30:47Z")

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Similar to: [viewtopic.php?f=78&t=3578](http://www.wavecom.com/modules/movie/scenes/forums/viewtopic.php?f=78&t=3578)

I just get 1 item in the ‘Probelms’ list:  
[attachment=0]Image1.gif[/attachment]  
It doesn’t say what is “first defined here”, and double-clicking it does not go to any source line.

Very unhelpful! 😠

In the ‘Console’ view, the actual Linker output is:

> [@arm-elf-g++.exe](#):
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> src\acu\_file1.o:(.bss+0x4004): multiple definition of `my\_var’  
> src\acu\_timer.o:…\src/acu\_timer.c:72: first defined here  
> Build error occurred, build is stopped  
> Time consumed: 3781 ms.

The line number given is wrong, but at least it tells me what to look for…

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