Re: Linking non libtool libraries with libtool generated libraries

[Gary V. Vaughan]

This looks like a 1.3.x error message.  Upgrade to 1.4.2 and try again?

Cheers,
        Gary.

On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 01:14:45PM +0100, Larry Cotton wrote:
> 
> I wrote on Friday :
> 
> ****************************************************************************
> ****
> Hi
> 
> I'm completely new to libtool, Autoconf, Automake et., but I have recently
> down load and biilt php whose build system uses these tools.
> 
> I have also built an php extenstion which I wish to build in to php.
> 
> My problem is that my extension depends on external libraries which have not
> been built using libtool. When I try to link them into the php exe i get an
> error message something like :
> cannot build libtool library from non-libtool objects:
> ext/phpwebinterface/libprodssinterface.a
> 
> So I built my external libraries using libtool and copied them accross to my
> extension directory with commands similar to :
> libtool: link: libtool --mode=compile g++ -c $INCLUDES file.cxx
> 
> libtool --mode=link g++ -static -o libwebprodssinterface.la *.lo
> ranlib .libs/libwebprodssinterface.a
> chmod 644 .libs/libwebprodssinterface.a
> cp .libs/libwebprodssinterface.la $PHP_EXT/phpwebinterface/.libs
> cp .libs/libwebprodssinterface.a $PHP_EXT/phpwebinterface/.libs
> 
> but I still get the same error :
> libtool: link: 'ext/phpwebinterface/libprodssinterface.la'  is not a valid
> libtool archive
> 
> or if I link to the library directly :
> cannot build libtool library from non-libtool objects:
> ext/phpwebinterface/libprodssinterface.a
> 
> Could anyone give me an idea how I can either get my external libraries to
> be conpatible or modify the php libtool build stuff to link to standard
> object files ?
> 
> Cheers
> Larry
> 
> ****************************************************************************
> ****
> 
> Anyone know anything about this ?
> 
> Cheers
> Larry
> 
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