linker errors caused by malloc and free

Jerry Milner wrote:
> I'm getting this linker error:
>
> arm-none-eabi/lib/thumb2libc.a(lib_a-sbrkr.o): In function `_sbrk_r':
> sbrkr.c:(.text+0xc): undefined reference to `_sbrk'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>
> I think I partly figured out the linker problem. If I remove all
> references to malloc and free, the source compiles (CodeSourcery G++).
> So, obviously I have a problem with malloc/free. I believe it's using
> the compiler's built in functions. So, what do I do? I have no idea
> what's missing here. If extra code needs to be written, I'm not sure how
> or why. Shouldn't this be taken care of by the compiler?

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