Error building gnucash

Derek Atkins warlord@MIT.EDU
14 Nov 2002 17:20:35 -0500


Because libtool archives are extremely fragile (as you are noticing).

-derek

John Smith <john.smith@msclinux.com> writes:

> Now why would I want to do that?
> 
> On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 14:12, Neulinger, Nathan wrote:
> 
> > I fix that with this command after running any ximian red-carpet
> > update/etc. 
> > 
> > find /usr/lib -name "lib*.la" -exec rm -f {} \;
> > 
> > But don't take my word for it... 
> > 
> > -- Nathan
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Nathan Neulinger                       EMail:  nneul@umr.edu
> > University of Missouri - Rolla         Phone: (573) 341-4841
> > Computing Services                       Fax: (573) 341-4216
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Smith [mailto:john.smith@msclinux.com] 
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 3:54 PM
> > > To: gnucash-devel@lists.gnucash.org
> > > Subject: Error building gnucash
> > > 
> > > 
> > > I have tried gnucash 1.6.8, 1.7.1, 1.7.2 and the latest cvs and I keep
> > > crashing dureing make. When it gets to the gnome-utils stuff it craps
> > > out and says: libtool: link: cannot find the library
> > > `/usr/local/lib/libaudiofile.la`
> > > 
> > > Problem is, it is in /usr/lib/libaudiofile.la. Does anyone know how to
> > > get around this? I am trying to build it for inclusion in our
> > > distribution.
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > John Smith <john.smith@msclinux.com>
> > > 
> 
> -- 
> John Smith <john.smith@msclinux.com>

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