glib 1.2.8 on cobalt raq2 mip with redhat fails on make

["James Mackay" <jjma totalise co uk>]

Installs progresses after ./configure. However on typing $make I get the following:

 -o .libs/libglib-1.2.so.0.0.8
collect2: ld terminated with signal 6 [Aborted]
make[2]: *** [libglib.la] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/glib-1.2.8'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/tmp/glib-1.2.8'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

Not sure what the libglib.la is so can't troubleshoot. I am using a cobalt raq2  with redhat on mips. Can someone help?

Ja