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

[Simon Josefsson]

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.

/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