--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 2002-10-17  John W. Eaton  <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
 
+	* main.c: New file.
+	* octave.h: New file.
+	* octave.cc (octave_main): Rename from main.
+	Include octave.h.
+	* Makefile.in (OBJECTS): Add octave.o, builtins.o, and ops.o to
+	the list.
+	(octave): Depend on and link main.o, not octave.o, builtins.o, and
+	ops.o (they are now in liboctinterp).
+	(DEP_5): Add main.c here.
+
 	* oct-conf.h.in: No need to substitute OCTAVE_CONF_OCTAVE_LITE.
 	* toplev.cc (octave_config_info): Likewise, don't include it in
 	struct.

--- a/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/Makefile.in
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
 OBJECTS_3 := $(patsubst %.l, %.o, $(OBJECTS_4))
 OBJECTS_2 := $(patsubst %.y, %.o, $(OBJECTS_3))
 OBJECTS_1 := $(patsubst %.c, %.o, $(OBJECTS_2))
-OBJECTS := $(patsubst %.cc, %.o, $(OBJECTS_1))
+OBJECTS := $(patsubst %.cc, %.o, $(OBJECTS_1)) octave.o builtins.o ops.o
 
 ifeq ($(SHARED_LIBS), true)
   ifdef CXXPICFLAG
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 
 # Ugh.
 
-DEP_5 := $(SOURCES) $(DLD_SRC) builtins.cc ops.cc octave.cc
+DEP_5 := $(SOURCES) $(DLD_SRC) builtins.cc ops.cc octave.cc main.c
 DEP_4 := $(notdir $(DEP_5))
 DEP_3 := $(patsubst %.l, %.cc, $(DEP_4))
 DEP_2 := $(patsubst %.y, %.cc, $(DEP_3))
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@
 	touch stamp-prereq
 
 octave$(EXEEXT): stamp-prereq $(LIBRARIES) stamp-oct-links \
-	octave.o builtins.o ops.o $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ)
+	main.o $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ)
 	$(LD_CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CXXFLAGS) $(RDYNAMIC_FLAG) \
 	$(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o $@ \
-	octave.o builtins.o ops.o $(XERBLA) $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ) \
+	main.o $(XERBLA) $(DLD_STATIC_OBJ) \
 	$(OCTAVE_LFLAGS) \
 	$(OCTAVE_LIBS) \
 	$(LEXLIB) $(BLAS_LIBS) $(FFTW_LIBS) $(LIBS) $(FLIBS)

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2002 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "octave.h"
+
+int
+main (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+  return octave_main (argc, argv);
+}
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/

--- a/src/octave.cc
+++ b/src/octave.cc
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "file-io.h"
 #include "input.h"
 #include "lex.h"
+#include "octave.h"
 #include "oct-hist.h"
 #include "oct-obj.h"
 #include "ops.h"
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@
 // You guessed it.
 
 int
-main (int argc, char **argv)
+octave_main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
   octave_env::set_program_name (argv[0]);
 

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/octave.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2002 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (octave_octave_h)
+#define octave_octave_h 1
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern int octave_main (int argc, char **argv);
+
+#ifdef	__cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/