Re: ranlib concatenation

[Scott Pobiner]

Hi Ralf,

Output below + config.log below that

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config.log
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Thanks for your help... by the way.  Which version of libtool would fix 
this problem?  Can I just replace the one that was made after running 
the ./configure?

TIA

_S


On May 11, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

> Hi Scott,
>
> * Scott Pobiner wrote on Wed, May 11, 2005 at 05:56:25PM CEST:
> > ar cru .libs/libhidparser.a  hidparser.o~ranlib .libs/libhidparser.a
> > ar: hidparser.o~ranlib: No such file or directory
>
> I don't believe this bug can happen in any version less than three 
> years
> old.  How old is this Libtool?
>
> If recent: Show ./libtool --config, output of configure run plus
> config.log.  If not: Use a newer libtool.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf