Re: error compiling popt in ORBit

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Erik Walthinsen wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Elliot Lee wrote:
> 
> > > gcc -Wall -g -O2 -o test1 -static test1.o .libs/libpopt.al
> > > .libs/libpopt.al: could not read symbols: Archive has no index; run ranlib
> > Get libtool 1.3.3
> 
> Note the extension on libpopt.  It's shown in the error output as .al, not
> .la.  This is either a transcription error (unlikely, selections anyone?)
> or something wrong with the Makefile.am.  I just updated ORBit on my end
> and don't see any instances of .al, so something else is wierd.

.al is for libtool convenience libraries. There is nothing wrong with it.

-- Elliot
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