Re: libtool, OS X, and GNU ranlib

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > I have received a build error report from a GraphicsMagick user (not
> > technically inclined) which implies that libtool does not work well if
> > it encounters GNU ranlib on Intel OS X 10.5.8:
> >
> > copying selected object files to avoid basename conflicts...
> > ranlib: unrecognized option `-q'
> > Try `ranlib --help' for more information.
> > ar: internal ranlib command failed
> > make[1]: *** [magick/libGraphicsMagick.la] Error 1
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >
> > I am still waiting for a response from this user as to the path to the
> > problematic 'ranlib' and the exact GraphicsMagick version used.
>
> Please also ask him for ranlib --version.

You are going to love this one:

"my ranlib in usr/bin seems to be a symlink to libtool in /bin

is this right?
anyhow
ranlib --version gives:
ltmain.sh (GNU libtool) 1.4.2a (1.922.2.79 2001/11/28 21:50:31)"

Bob
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