Noah Misch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > It looks like the system integrator built these libraries with > --disable-shared. Do any of /usr/lib/libg{module,thread,lib}-2.0.a > exist? If so, please post the contents of /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.la.
They do exist. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls /usr/lib/libg{module,thread,lib}-2.0.a /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.a /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.a /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.a Here is the contents of the .la file: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.la # libglib-2.0.la - a libtool library file # Generated by ltmain.sh - GNU libtool 1.5.22 (1.1220.2.365 2005/12/18 22:14:06) # # Please DO NOT delete this file! # It is necessary for linking the library. # The name that we can dlopen(3). dlname='libglib-2.0.so.0' # Names of this library. library_names='libglib-2.0.so.0.1200.4 libglib-2.0.so.0 libglib-2.0.so' # The name of the static archive. old_library='' # Libraries that this one depends upon. dependency_libs=' -lrt' # Version information for libglib-2.0. current=1200 age=1200 revision=4 # Is this an already installed library? installed=yes # Should we warn about portability when linking against -modules? shouldnotlink=no # Files to dlopen/dlpreopen dlopen='' dlpreopen='' # Directory that this library needs to be installed in: libdir='/usr/lib' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > Libtool currently tries to use a dynamic library when there is no > static library available, even when attempting a fully static link. > I imagine this fails on most systems. It should probably print a > message and fail, instead. Agreed. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> _______________________________________________ Bug-libtool mailing list Bug-libtool@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-libtool