On 19 Oct 2002 23:29:27 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote: > I have been trying to compile avifile (from CVS) but it always fails > with a message similar to this: > > rm -fr .libs/libdha_vid.la .libs/libdha_vid.* .libs/libdha_vid.* > (cd . && ln -s libdha.lo libdha.lo) > (cd . && ln -s mtrr.lo mtrr.lo) > (cd . && ln -s pci.lo pci.lo) > (cd . && ln -s pci_names.lo pci_names.lo) > (cd . && ln -s mmi.lo mmi.lo) > (cd . && ln -s ports.lo ports.lo) > ar cru .libs/libdha_vid.al libdha.lo mtrr.lo pci.lo pci_names.lo > mmi.lo ports.lo > ar: libdha.lo: Too many levels of symbolic links > make[3]: *** [libdha_vid.la] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/avifile-0.6/drivers/libdha' > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/avifile-0.6/drivers/libdha' > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/avifile-0.6/drivers' > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > Is this purely a RH8/GCC3.2 thing? Any solutions?
I don't see where GCC3.2 is involved in your example at all. Look at the top of your quote where the links are created. Linking a file back to itself doesn't look like a good idea.
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