Re: ./libtool[1086]: eval: syntax error at line 1: `|' unexpected

[Václav Haisman]

On 30 March 2017 at 21:25, Jeffrey Walton <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to build libidn2 on Solaris 11.3 x86_64. Its part of a Git
> upgrade because Oracle charges for updates and we don't have a support
> contract.
>
> The build fails with the following:
>
> gmake[2]: Entering directory `/export/home/build/libidn2-0.16'
> /bin/sh ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99
> -fvisibility=hidden -m64 -version-info 1:4:1 -no-undefined
> -export-symbols-regex '^idn2_.*|_idn2_punycode_..code'  -o libidn2.la
> -rpath /usr/local/lib64 idna.lo lookup.lo register.lo bidi.lo
> version.lo error.lo punycode.lo free.lo data.lo tr46map.lo tables.lo
> context.lo -L/usr/local/lib64 -liconv -R/usr/local/lib64
> -L/usr/local/lib64 -lunistring -L/usr/local/lib64 -liconv -ldl
> -lpthread -R/usr/local/lib64 lib/libgnu.la -ldl -lpthread
> libtool: link: /bin/nm -p  .libs/idna.o .libs/lookup.o
> .libs/register.o .libs/bidi.o .libs/version.o .libs/error.o
> .libs/punycode.o .libs/free.o .libs/data.o .libs/tr46map.o
> .libs/tables.o .libs/context.o   lib/.libs/libgnu.a |  | /bin/gsed
> 's/.* //' | sort | uniq > .libs/libidn2.exp
> ./libtool[1086]: eval: syntax error at line 1: `|' unexpected
> gmake[2]: *** [libidn2.la] Error 3
>
> If I am parsing things correctly, the "unexpected |" is due to a
> missing command. Solaris is very Posixy, and I'm not sure which
> command may be running afoul.
>
> My questions are:
>
>   1. Is a command missing?
>   2. If so, which command is missing?
>   3. How do I fix the issue?
>

It seems to me that `lt_cv_sys_global_symbol_pipe` somehow gets to be
empty and thus `$global_symbol_pipe` gets to be empty and thus the `|
|` happens. Can you post `config.log`?


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