On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 11:47:09AM +0100, Martin Costabel wrote: > pavicic wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:36:40PM +0100, Martin Costabel wrote: >>> pavicic wrote: >>> [] >>>> Yes, I'm deleting all *.la files in /sw/lib and all its >>>> subdirectories but that doesn't help. >>>> >>>> grep: /sw/lib/libiconv.la: No such file or directory >>> Then look in /usr/local/lib or elsewhere. It is an *.la file on >>> *your* computer that contains the reference to the non-existing >>> /sw/lib/libiconv.la. >>> >> >> Finder gives nothing. >> >> Also neither >> >> find / -name libiconv.la > > This has been discussed on the lists so often in the past months that I > didn't think it necessary to explain once more. Here goes: > > The error you are getting comes from the fact that some *other* "libtool > archive" file, that is, a file with extension ".la", contains a line > > dependency_libs=' ... /sw/lib/libiconv.la ... ' > > You have to find that file which, unfortunately, is not indicated in the > error message (a regrettable shortcoming of libtool) and remove it or, > better, edit it and remove everything in the dependency_libs list, so > that the line reads > > dependency_libs=''
As I wrote above, the file simply does not exist on my computer. Is there a way to make the the file or to get it from somewhere? > A final explanation about the origin of the error: When that (as yet > unknown) *.la file containing the reference to /sw/lib/libiconv.la was > created during the build process of some other package, the file > /sw/lib/libiconv.la *did* exist on the computer. Then it was removed, > following advice smilar to what I gave above, namely to remove all *.la > files inside /sw/. The latter advice was published as a reaction to the > fact that Apple removed their *.la files inside /usr/lib on Snow Leopard > and everybody who upgraded their Fink from Leopard to Snow Leopard was > getting these same errors. Yes, and following that advice I deleted all *.la files in /sw/lib directory and now I don't have it anywhere on my computer and the question is how to proceed or how to get the file. Mladen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
