fedora 22 multiple undefined reference errors when linking shared object - c

I am trying to compile a C language library as a shared object on my new install of Fedora 22. The project compiled fine on my old install of Fedora 20. But now, when I run my makefile:
CC=gcc
vpath %.c src
vpath %.h inc
CFLAGS = -fPIC
INCLUDE = -Iinc -I/usr/include -I/usr/local/include
LIBPATH = -L/usr/lib -L/lib64
LIBS = -lportaudio -lm -lpthread -ldl
OBJ_PATH = ./objs
SRCS = my_code1.c my_code2.c # etc.
OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
.PHONY: libmylib.so
all: libmylib.so
debug: $(CFLAGS) += -DDEBUG -O0 -g3 -DPD
debug: all
release: $(CFLAGS) += -DTESTING -O2 -DPD -funroll-loops -fomit-frame-pointer
release: all
%.o: %.c
$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(INCLUDE) $(LIBPATH) $(LIBS) -c -o $# $^
libmylib.so: $(OBJS)
$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,libmylib.so \
-Wl,--no-undefined $(OBJS) -lc -lportaudio -ldl -lm -lpthread
mv libmylib.so ./bin
mv *.o $(OBJ_PATH)
clean:
rm $(OBJ_PATH)/*.o
rm bin/libmylib.so
I get very many undefined reference errors:
my_code1.o: In function `func_in_my_code1':
my_code1.c:(.text+0x1b8): undefined reference to `func_from_my_code2'
my_code2.o: In function `func_in_my_code2':
my_code2.c:(.text+0x310): undefined reference to `func_from_my_func1'
The functions in question are most certainly defined in the code. Presumably these are compiled into .o files in the compile stage.
The exact same build environment worked on my previous fedora installation. I am at a loss as to why I should get these errors.
Also, if I compile without the -Wl,--no-undefined flag, it compiles fine, but when I try to load the library from another application, it tosses the same set of undefined errors.
This may have nothing to do with the new version of Fedora. It is possible that there are some environment variables or something that didn't make through to my new install, but I have no idea what they could be.

Apparently I now need to insert the extern keyword into these functions. The code compiled and ran perfectly well before... I would like to reiterate, for posterity's sake, that I did post the entire makefile in my question.

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I'm experiencing some compilation issues with my dynamic library. It should be linked to main.c but for all references to it I receive "undefined reference to function_name".
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Then I have a simple Makefile to link the two.
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The wildcard character in a rule target is % not * (in lines like your $(PLUGIN_DIR)/*.c:).
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