I am trying to build libgnomedb from RPM on a 64-bit box. It dies
as follows:
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -O2 -g -pipe -m64 -o
libgnomedb-2.la -rpath /usr/lib64 -version-info 4:0:0 db-shell.lo
sql-viewer.lo table-properties-dialog.lo tables-page.lo utils.lo
gnome-db-combo.lo gnome-db-connection-properties.lo gnome-db-
connection-selector.lo gnome-db-dsn-config.lo gnome-db-error.lo
gnome-db-error-dialog.lo gnome-db-form.lo gnome-db-gray-bar.lo
gnome-db-grid.lo gnome-db-find-dialog.lo gnome-db-init.lo gnome-db-
list.lo gnome-db-model.lo gnome-db-provider-selector.lo gnome-db-
query-builder.lo gnome-db-report-editor.lo gnome-db-stock.lo gnome-
db-table-editor.lo gnome-db-util.lo gnome-db-browser.lo gnome-db-
browser-procedures.lo gnome-db-browser-tables.lo gnome-db-browser-
types.lo gnome-db-browser-views.lo gnome-db-config.lo gnome-db-
control.lo gnome-db-control-widget.lo gnome-db-data-source-
selector.lo gnome-db-dsn-config-druid.lo gnome-db-editor.lo gnome-
db-icon-list.lo gnome-db-login.lo gnome-db-login-dialog.lo gnome-db-
window.lo -Wl,--export-dynamic -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -
latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -
lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lgda-2 -lglib-2.0 -lxslt -lxml2 -
lpthread -lz -lm -Wl,--export-dynamic -lglade-2.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -
lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lm -
lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lgmodule-2.0 -
ldl -lglib-2.0 -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -
lgnomeui-2 -lSM -lICE -lbonoboui-2 -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -
lgnomecanvas-2 -lgnome-2 -lpopt -lart_lgpl_2 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgtk-
x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -
lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lbonobo-2 -lgconf-2 -
lgnomevfs-2 -lbonobo-activation -lORBit-2 -lm -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -
lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0
gcc -shared .libs/db-shell.o .libs/sql-viewer.o .libs/table-
properties-dialog.o .libs/tables-page.o .libs/utils.o .libs/gnome-
db-combo.o .libs/gnome-db-connection-properties.o .libs/gnome-db-
connection-selector.o .libs/gnome-db-dsn-config.o .libs/gnome-db-
error.o .libs/gnome-db-error-dialog.o .libs/gnome-db-form.o .libs/
gnome-db-gray-bar.o .libs/gnome-db-grid.o .libs/gnome-db-find-
dialog.o .libs/gnome-db-init.o .libs/gnome-db-list.o .libs/gnome-db-
model.o .libs/gnome-db-provider-selector.o .libs/gnome-db-query-
builder.o .libs/gnome-db-report-editor.o .libs/gnome-db-
stock.o .libs/gnome-db-table-editor.o .libs/gnome-db-util.o .libs/
gnome-db-browser.o .libs/gnome-db-browser-procedures.o .libs/gnome-
db-browser-tables.o .libs/gnome-db-browser-types.o .libs/gnome-db-
browser-views.o .libs/gnome-db-config.o .libs/gnome-db-
control.o .libs/gnome-db-control-widget.o .libs/gnome-db-data-
source-selector.o .libs/gnome-db-dsn-config-druid.o .libs/gnome-db-
editor.o .libs/gnome-db-icon-list.o .libs/gnome-db-login.o .libs/
gnome-db-login-dialog.o .libs/gnome-db-window.o -lgda-2 -lxslt -
lglade-2.0 -pthread -L/usr/X11R6/lib64 -lgnomeui-2 -lSM -lICE -
lbonoboui-2 -lxml2 -lpthread -lz -lgnomecanvas-2 -lgnome-2 /usr/lib/
libpopt.so -lart_lgpl_2 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -
latk-1.0 -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoxft-1.0 -lpangox-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -
lgobject-2.0 -lbonobo-2 -lgconf-2 -lgnomevfs-2 -lbonobo-activation -
lORBit-2 -lm -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -m64 -
Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,--export-dynamic -Wl,-
soname -Wl,libgnomedb-2.so.4 -o .libs/libgnomedb-2.so.4.0.0
/usr/lib/libpopt.so: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
Why despite the fact that there is -rpath /usr/lib64 there and
there is
a perfectly valid /usr/lib64/libpopt.o is libtool resolving to use
/usr/lib/libpopt.so?