Re: Error in libfetish.a

[Bob Proulx]

John D. Ballentine III wrote:
> I have downloaded the coreutils 5.0 package, and I am trying to compile it
> on a HP-UX 10.20 system.

It should work fine there.

> Specifically, I am trying to get the "tail" utility, but it doesn't
> make any difference if I just try and compile it or the whole
> package.

Hopefully you are starting with the whole package first.  Or at least
the libraries.

>  Here is the output I am getting:
> 
>  make tail
>         source='tail.c' object='tail.o' libtool=no \
>         depfile='.deps/tail.Po' tmpdepfile='.deps/tail.TPo' \
>         depmode=gcc /bin/sh ../config/depcomp \
>         gcc -DLOCALEDIR=\"/usr/local/share/locale\"
> -DSHAREDIR=\"/usr/local/share\" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I.. -I.. -I..
> -I../lib -I../lib     -g -O2 -c `test -f 'tail.c' || echo '../'`tail.c
> Make: Don't know how to make ../lib/libfetish.a.  Stop.

The lib should be made before making tail.  This will happen if doing
a make at the top level directory.  At the very least you would need
to run make in the lib directory first.

A typical build will go like this:

  tar xzvf coreutils-X.Y.tar.gz
  cd coreutils-X.Y
  ./configure
  make
  make check

It looks to me like you are not doing a top level make but instead
moving into the ./src directory and doing the make there, skipping the
lib building step.  I would go ahead and build everything even if you
don't install everything.  The build can take a little while on slower
machines and some patience may be required.  But that is the simplest
course of action.  That is the path which is the most well tested.

Bob