[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 <dbreiser at gmail.com> 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
>> dbreiser at gmail.com

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