Re: unrecognized option `-dynamic'

[Robby Griffin]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 15:42, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> > I'm attempting to rebuild libtool and binutils on Mac OS X 10.4.6 and
> > I'm running into the following issue:
>
> > /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -no-undefined  -o
> > libltdl/dlopen.la  -module -avoid-version libltdl/loaders/dlopen.lo
> > -ldl
> > libtool: link: rm -fr  libltdl/.libs/dlopen.a
> > libtool: link: ar cru libltdl/.libs/dlopen.a 
> > libltdl/loaders/.libs/dlopen.o
> > ranlib: unrecognized option `-q'
> > Try `ranlib --help' for more information.
> > ar: internal ranlib command failed
>
> This looks like a bug in 'ar' to me.

I think it's yet another instance of the confusion between GNU libtool 
and MacOS X's included libtool, which is a completely different 
program. On a MacOS X system, /usr/bin/ranlib is a symlink to 
/usr/bin/libtool, which has the following usage:

       libtool  -static  -o  output  [ -sacLT ] [ - ] [ -arch_only 
arch_type ]
       file...  [-filelist listfile[,dirname]]

       libtool -dynamic -o output [ -install_name name ] [ 
-compatibility_ver-
       sion  number ] [ -current_version number ] [ link editor flags ] 
[ -v ]
       [ -noall_load ] [ - ] [  -arch_only  arch_type  ]  file...   
[-filelist
       listfile[,dirname]]

       ranlib [ -sactfLT ] [ - ] archive...

Chances are Daniel's overwritten the Apple libtool (and thus ranlib) 
with GNU libtool. OS X users should take pains to avoid installing GNU 
libtool into /usr/bin/, and maybe GNU libtool ought to make it more 
difficult for them to do so...

        --Robby