Re: Failure to link with libtdl

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Bob,

* Bob Friesenhahn wrote on Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:18:12AM CEST:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
>>>
>>> I advised him to add the --with-included-ltdl option and then it 
>>> worked. This caused me to suspect that our tests for a suitable 
>>> already installed libltdl may be faulty.
>>
>> The log you sent indicates that ImageMagick built and linked the 
>> included libltdlc.la, which in turn was missing argz.o which would have 
>> satisfied the symbols that were flagged unresolved.
>
> Yes, I realized this after my email posting, but the question to be  
> resolved is why.  I am not able to reproduce the issue here under OS-X  
> Leopard with the PATH set to default and non-existing prefix.

The original bug reporter is the one who should be able to help.
You are the one to solve this as you can communicate with him
(or "remote-control him", if you prefer to call it that).

> Libtool developers are the last people who should be testing anything  
> related to autotools since our systems are already nicely fortified with 
> perfect software.

Rather, there are more than just a few possible combinations.

Cheers,
Ralf