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

[David Reiser]

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:

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
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David Reiser
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