Re: unrecognized option `-dynamic'

[Robby Griffin <rmg@yakshavers.com>]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 15:42, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:

>> I'm attempting to rebuild libtool and binutils on Mac OS X 10.4.6 and
>> I'm running into the following issue:
>
>> /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -no-undefined  -o
>> libltdl/dlopen.la  -module -avoid-version libltdl/loaders/dlopen.lo
>> -ldl
>> libtool: link: rm -fr  libltdl/.libs/dlopen.a
>> libtool: link: ar cru libltdl/.libs/dlopen.a 
>> libltdl/loaders/.libs/dlopen.o
>> ranlib: unrecognized option `-q'
>> Try `ranlib --help' for more information.
>> ar: internal ranlib command failed
>
> This looks like a bug in 'ar' to me.

I think it's yet another instance of the confusion between GNU libtool 
and MacOS X's included libtool, which is a completely different 
program. On a MacOS X system, /usr/bin/ranlib is a symlink to 
/usr/bin/libtool, which has the following usage:

        libtool  -static  -o  output  [ -sacLT ] [ - ] [ -arch_only 
arch_type ]
        file...  [-filelist listfile[,dirname]]

        libtool -dynamic -o output [ -install_name name ] [ 
-compatibility_ver-
        sion  number ] [ -current_version number ] [ link editor flags ] 
[ -v ]
        [ -noall_load ] [ - ] [  -arch_only  arch_type  ]  file...   
[-filelist
        listfile[,dirname]]

        ranlib [ -sactfLT ] [ - ] archive...

Chances are Daniel's overwritten the Apple libtool (and thus ranlib) 
with GNU libtool. OS X users should take pains to avoid installing GNU 
libtool into /usr/bin/, and maybe GNU libtool ought to make it more 
difficult for them to do so...

	--Robby