"Bill Page" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Camm, > > On November 2, 2006 9:22 AM you wrote: > > ... > > Bill Page wrote: > > > > > > Here is a recipe that seems to work for me and avoids reference > > > to fink or other non-gcl related libraries: > > > > > > $ export > LIBRARY_PATH=/home/users/b/bi/billpage/osx/new/gcl-2.6.8pre/binutils/intl > > > $ make clean > > > $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-locbfd > > --disable-statsysbfd > > > $ make > > > $ make install > > > > > > > locbfd should be the default on macosx, as we have Aurelien's specific > > mods for .o file loading. > > Something subtle is still not right about this. If I omit --enable-locbfd > from the .configure then I get problems later gettext (unless gettext > is already installed elsewhere). > > But worse is this: > > $ export > LIBRARY_PATH=/home/users/b/bi/billpage/osx/new/gcl-2.6.8pre/binutils/intl > > Something is strange about the way that gcl links to libintl. > On MAC OS if I do not include LIBRARY_PATH and if libintl is > not in the system default path, then building gcl fails. > > If I do include the 'export LIBRARY_PATH ..." then the build > succeeds but loading this library is "dynamic". This causes > trouble later if I try to use gcl to build Axiom without first > setting LIBRARY_PATH. Isn't there some way to force the MAC > to static link this library?
OK, I've commited the removal of -lintl from powerpc-macosx.defs from both branches. This and the --disable-nls which is now in configure.in and passed to the binutils subconfigures should remove the above. I.e. ./configure --prefix=... should work, if anyone has a moment to verify. Take care, -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer