Re: libtool?

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Nimmo, Bill wrote:
> Hello,

Hi.

Please post messages like this to the appropriate forum so that others can 
share your discoveries.

> I am having a bit of trouble using libtool within a makefile in the cygwin
> environment. Basically, I am getting the error message: 
> libtool: invalid number of arguments Try `libtool --help' for more
> information. 
> I have tried may variations in the makefile, and the online documentation
> doesnt seem to help. Please, any help would be appreciated. This is the
> complete output from the attempted make
>  /bin/sh.exe /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/libtool --mode=link gcc -g\ -o pli
                                                                ^
                                                                ^
Is this backslash confusing libtool?

> bits.o Dbase.o debug.o C2PCThread.o ControlMeasure.o ControlMeasureFactor
                                                                           ^
                                                                           ^
Is there a gap here?  This should say `ContralMeasureFactory.o' right?

> y.o FC2525.o Formulary.o Lock.o LOD.o MSD.o MSL.o OFileThread.o OTGold.o
> OTGoldT hread.o OUidFactory.o OverAnalyze.o OverEntry.o Overlay.o
         ^
         ^
Same here.

> OverlayFileInfo.o pars eovers.o lexovers.o Parts.o PhaseLine.o PlayThread.o
                        ^
                        ^
                 And here.
> pli.o PliApp.o PliQThread.o PliConn.o PliUnit.o PliUnits.o Points.o
> Proximity.o Queue.o RateTrigger.o RawTe xt.o SDZ.o Segment.o SintCHandler.o
                                         ^
                                         ^
                                   And here.
                                              v
                                              v
> SintCMsg.o SintCppMsg.o SintCQObj.o SintCCli ent.o TwoDThread.o
> ThreeDThread.o TimeTeller.o Unit.o UserProxy.o UserClient.o User2Binary.o

Everything else here looks fine.

> libtool: invalid number of arguments 

Except this :-)

HTH,
        Gary.
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