[Help-gnutls] Re: build problem for libtasn1 on OS X

[David Reiser]

On Apr 16, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote:

> David Reiser <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Fink's package of libtasn1 is getting a bit long in the tooth  
> > (version
> > 0.3.9), so I figured I'd look into modernizing it. Attempting to  
> > build
> > version 1.2, I get:
>
> Please try libtasn1 1.8 or 2.0 instead.

oops. It was 2.0. Looking at the wrong list when writing the email.

> /Simon
>
> > make  all-recursive
> > /bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99 -
> > fvisibility=hidden -g -O2  -L/sw/lib -o libgnu.la
> > libtool: link: ar cru .libs/libgnu.a
> > ar: no archive members specified
> > usage:  ar -d [-TLsv] archive file ...
> >         ar -m [-TLsv] archive file ...
> >         ar -m [-abiTLsv] position archive file ...
> >         ar -p [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
> >         ar -q [-cTLsv] archive file ...
> >         ar -r [-cuTLsv] archive file ...
> >         ar -r [-abciuTLsv] position archive file ...
> >         ar -t [-TLsv] archive [file ...]
> >         ar -x [-ouTLsv] archive [file ...]
> > make[5]: *** [libgnu.la] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > one of the libtool experts from fink told me that OS X will not allow
> > creation of an empty archive. He suspected a gnulib bug, or a problem
> > with the way gnulib is being used.
> >
> > Mac OS X 10.5.6, gcc 4.0.1 (Apple's), libtool 2.2.6 or 1.5.26
> >
> > Suggestions?
> >
> > Dave
> > --
> > David Reiser
> > address@hidden

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