Re: --host in Configure

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 10:28:43AM -0800, Justin C. Walker wrote:
> Here are the last lines of the build transcript:
> 
> > /usr/bin/gcc  -o libpari-2.2.2.dylib -dynamiclib -install_name 
> > /usr/local/lib/libpari-2.2.2.dylib -compatibility_version 2.2 
> > -current_version 2.2.5 kernel.o mp.o alglin1.o alglin2.o arith1.o 
> > arith2.o base1.o base2.o base3.o base4.o base5.o bibli1.o bibli2.o 
> > buch1.o buch2.o buch3.o buch4.o galconj.o gen1.o gen2.o gen3.o 
> > ifactor1.o perm.o polarit1.o polarit2.o polarit3.o rootpol.o subcyclo.o 
> > subgroup.o trans1.o trans2.o trans3.o aprcl.o elliptic.o galois.o 
> > kummer.o mpqs.o nffactor.o stark.o subfield.o thue.o anal.o compat.o 
> > errmsg.o es.o helpmsg.o init.o sumiter.o mpinl.o
> > rm -f gp-dyn
> > /usr/bin/gcc  -o gp-dyn -O3 -DGCC_INLINE -Wall -Wno-implicit 
> > -fomit-frame-pointer -no-cpp-precomp -fno-common  gp.o gp_init.o 
> > gp_rl.o highlvl.o whatnow.o plotport.o plotgnuplot.o plotX.o   
> > -L/SandBox/sb/Pari/pari/Odarwin-ppc -L/usr/local/lib -lreadline 
> > -L/usr/lib -lncurses -L/usr/local/lib -lpari-2.2 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11
> > ld: archive: /usr/local/lib/libpari-2.2.a has no table of contents, add 
> > one with ranlib(1) (can't load from it)
> > make[1]: *** [gp-dyn] Error 1

It look like PARI lack ranlib support. This is irrelevant for this problem
but strange: the following extract of config/Makefile.SH is interesting:

if test -n "$ranlib"; then
cat >> $file << EOT

EOT
fi

> The library seems to have built successfully (I have libpari-2.2.2.dylib 
> in the buidl directory, but for some reason, the following line, 
> building gp_dyn, is trying to use the non-dynamic library that is in 
> /usr/local/lib.  It insists on using it.
> 
> I've copied the dylib by hand to /usr/local/lib, and removed the 
> -L/usr/local/lib's, and the ersult is as above.

Well, this does not surprise me. I do not have full information about
the -install_name option, but I expected a similar problem.

I am not quite sure what should be done here.

At least for testing, could you try
cd Odarwin-ppc; make install-lib; make gp-dyn 

Also if you can find -install_name documentation (probably in gcc manpage
or info files) this will help us a lot.

Cheers,
Bill