Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

[Chris Pittsley]

Hi,

I'm trying to compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 TL09 SP09 (using GCC 9.3). It
could be a problem with the build environment, but I wanted to check
here first to see if there's some option I need to set or change I
could make to the Makefile that would get past this error. Google and
DuckDuckGo have been no help.

This happens with mostly default configure options: "../gcc/configure
--enable-languages=c,c++,go" and also with --disable-shared and --
with-aix-soname=svr4 set.

Any help would be appreciated, let me know if I can supply more
detail.

Error occurs in the while making libmpn, which is the first thing to
be compiled:

Making all in mpn
make[5]: Entering directory
'/brixhome/brixton/cpittsley/code/objdir/gmp/mpn'
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -
I../../../gcc/gmp/mpn -I.. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -I../../../gcc/gmp -
DOPERATION_`echo fib_table | sed 's/_$//'` -DNO_ASM -g -c -o
fib_table.lo fib_table.c
libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../gcc/gmp/mpn -I..
-D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -I../../../gcc/gmp -DOPERATION_fib_table -DNO_ASM -
g -c fib_table.c -o fib_table.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -
I../../../gcc/gmp/mpn -I.. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -I../../../gcc/gmp -
DOPERATION_`echo mp_bases | sed 's/_$//'` -DNO_ASM -g -c -o
mp_bases.lo mp_bases.c
libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../gcc/gmp/mpn -I..
-D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -I../../../gcc/gmp -DOPERATION_mp_bases -DNO_ASM -g
-c mp_bases.c -o mp_bases.o
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -
I../../../gcc/gmp/mpn -I.. -D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -I../../../gcc/gmp -
DOPERATION_`echo add | sed 's/_$//'` -DNO_ASM -g -c -o add.lo add.c
libtool: compile: gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../../gcc/gmp/mpn -I..
-D__GMP_WITHIN_GMP -I../../../gcc/gmp -DOPERATION_add -DNO_ASM -g -c
add.c -o add.o
[...]
/bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -DNO_ASM -g -static-
libstdc++ -static-libgcc -Wl,-bbigtoc -o libmpn.la fib_table.lo
mp_bases.lo add.lo add_1.lo add_n.lo sub.lo sub_1.lo sub_n.lo
cnd_add_n.lo cnd_sub_n.lo cnd_swap.lo neg.lo com.lo mul_1.lo
addmul_1.lo submul_1.lo add_err1_n.lo add_err2_n.lo add_err3_n.lo
sub_err1_n.lo sub_err2_n.lo sub_err3_n.lo lshift.lo rshift.lo
dive_1.lo diveby3.lo divis.lo divrem.lo divrem_1.lo divrem_2.lo
fib2_ui.lo mod_1.lo mod_34lsub1.lo mode1o.lo pre_divrem_1.lo
pre_mod_1.lo dump.lo mod_1_1.lo mod_1_2.lo mod_1_3.lo mod_1_4.lo
lshiftc.lo mul.lo mul_fft.lo mul_n.lo sqr.lo mul_basecase.lo
sqr_basecase.lo nussbaumer_mul.lo mulmid_basecase.lo toom42_mulmid.lo
mulmid_n.lo mulmid.lo random.lo random2.lo pow_1.lo rootrem.lo
sqrtrem.lo sizeinbase.lo get_str.lo set_str.lo scan0.lo scan1.lo
popcount.lo hamdist.lo cmp.lo zero_p.lo perfsqr.lo perfpow.lo gcd_1.lo
gcd.lo gcdext_1.lo gcdext.lo gcd_subdiv_step.lo gcdext_lehmer.lo
div_q.lo tdiv_qr.lo jacbase.lo jacobi_2.lo jacobi.lo get_d.lo
matrix22_mul.lo matrix22_mul1_inverse_vector.lo hgcd_matrix.lo
hgcd2.lo hgcd_step.lo hgcd_reduce.lo hgcd.lo hgcd_appr.lo
hgcd2_jacobi.lo hgcd_jacobi.lo mullo_n.lo mullo_basecase.lo sqrlo.lo
sqrlo_basecase.lo toom22_mul.lo toom32_mul.lo toom42_mul.lo
toom52_mul.lo toom62_mul.lo toom33_mul.lo toom43_mul.lo toom53_mul.lo
toom54_mul.lo toom63_mul.lo toom44_mul.lo toom6h_mul.lo toom6_sqr.lo
toom8h_mul.lo toom8_sqr.lo toom_couple_handling.lo toom2_sqr.lo
toom3_sqr.lo toom4_sqr.lo toom_eval_dgr3_pm1.lo toom_eval_dgr3_pm2.lo
toom_eval_pm1.lo toom_eval_pm2.lo toom_eval_pm2exp.lo
toom_eval_pm2rexp.lo toom_interpolate_5pts.lo toom_interpolate_6pts.lo
toom_interpolate_7pts.lo toom_interpolate_8pts.lo
toom_interpolate_12pts.lo toom_interpolate_16pts.lo invertappr.lo
invert.lo binvert.lo mulmod_bnm1.lo sqrmod_bnm1.lo div_qr_1.lo
div_qr_1n_pi1.lo div_qr_2.lo div_qr_2n_pi1.lo div_qr_2u_pi1.lo
sbpi1_div_q.lo sbpi1_div_qr.lo sbpi1_divappr_q.lo dcpi1_div_q.lo
dcpi1_div_qr.lo dcpi1_divappr_q.lo mu_div_qr.lo mu_divappr_q.lo
mu_div_q.lo bdiv_q_1.lo sbpi1_bdiv_q.lo sbpi1_bdiv_qr.lo
dcpi1_bdiv_q.lo dcpi1_bdiv_qr.lo mu_bdiv_q.lo mu_bdiv_qr.lo bdiv_q.lo
bdiv_qr.lo broot.lo brootinv.lo bsqrt.lo bsqrtinv.lo divexact.lo
bdiv_dbm1c.lo redc_1.lo redc_2.lo redc_n.lo powm.lo powlo.lo
sec_powm.lo sec_mul.lo sec_sqr.lo sec_div_qr.lo sec_div_r.lo
sec_pi1_div_qr.lo sec_pi1_div_r.lo sec_add_1.lo sec_sub_1.lo
sec_invert.lo trialdiv.lo remove.lo and_n.lo andn_n.lo nand_n.lo
ior_n.lo iorn_n.lo nior_n.lo xor_n.lo xnor_n.lo copyi.lo copyd.lo
zero.lo sec_tabselect.lo comb_tables.lo add_n_sub_n.lo
libtool: link: ar rc .libs/libmpn.a fib_table.o mp_bases.o add.o
add_1.o add_n.o sub.o sub_1.o sub_n.o cnd_add_n.o cnd_sub_n.o
cnd_swap.o neg.o com.o mul_1.o addmul_1.o submul_1.o add_err1_n.o
add_err2_n.o add_err3_n.o sub_err1_n.o sub_err2_n.o sub_err3_n.o
lshift.o rshift.o dive_1.o diveby3.o divis.o divrem.o divrem_1.o
divrem_2.o fib2_ui.o mod_1.o mod_34lsub1.o mode1o.o pre_divrem_1.o
pre_mod_1.o dump.o mod_1_1.o mod_1_2.o mod_1_3.o mod_1_4.o lshiftc.o
mul.o mul_fft.o mul_n.o sqr.o mul_basecase.o sqr_basecase.o
nussbaumer_mul.o mulmid_basecase.o toom42_mulmid.o mulmid_n.o mulmid.o
random.o random2.o pow_1.o rootrem.o sqrtrem.o sizeinbase.o get_str.o
set_str.o scan0.o scan1.o popcount.o hamdist.o cmp.o zero_p.o
perfsqr.o perfpow.o gcd_1.o gcd.o gcdext_1.o gcdext.o
gcd_subdiv_step.o gcdext_lehmer.o div_q.o tdiv_qr.o jacbase.o
jacobi_2.o jacobi.o get_d.o matrix22_mul.o
matrix22_mul1_inverse_vector.o hgcd_matrix.o hgcd2.o hgcd_step.o
hgcd_reduce.o hgcd.o hgcd_appr.o hgcd2_jacobi.o hgcd_jacobi.o
mullo_n.o mullo_basecase.o sqrlo.o sqrlo_basecase.o toom22_mul.o
toom32_mul.o toom42_mul.o toom52_mul.o toom62_mul.o toom33_mul.o
toom43_mul.o toom53_mul.o toom54_mul.o toom63_mul.o toom44_mul.o
toom6h_mul.o toom6_sqr.o toom8h_mul.o toom8_sqr.o
toom_couple_handling.o toom2_sqr.o toom3_sqr.o toom4_sqr.o
toom_eval_dgr3_pm1.o toom_eval_dgr3_pm2.o toom_eval_pm1.o
toom_eval_pm2.o toom_eval_pm2exp.o toom_eval_pm2rexp.o
toom_interpolate_5pts.o toom_interpolate_6pts.o
toom_interpolate_7pts.o toom_interpolate_8pts.o
toom_interpolate_12pts.o toom_interpolate_16pts.o invertappr.o
invert.o binvert.o mulmod_bnm1.o sqrmod_bnm1.o div_qr_1.o
div_qr_1n_pi1.o div_qr_2.o div_qr_2n_pi1.o div_qr_2u_pi1.o
sbpi1_div_q.o sbpi1_div_qr.o sbpi1_divappr_q.o dcpi1_div_q.o
dcpi1_div_qr.o dcpi1_divappr_q.o mu_div_qr.o mu_divappr_q.o mu_div_q.o
bdiv_q_1.o sbpi1_bdiv_q.o sbpi1_bdiv_qr.o dcpi1_bdiv_q.o
dcpi1_bdiv_qr.o mu_bdiv_q.o mu_bdiv_qr.o bdiv_q.o bdiv_qr.o broot.o
brootinv.o bsqrt.o bsqrtinv.o divexact.o bdiv_dbm1c.o redc_1.o
redc_2.o redc_n.o powm.o powlo.o sec_powm.o sec_mul.o sec_sqr.o
sec_div_qr.o sec_div_r.o sec_pi1_div_qr.o sec_pi1_div_r.o sec_add_1.o
sec_sub_1.o sec_invert.o trialdiv.o remove.o and_n.o andn_n.o nand_n.o
ior_n.o iorn_n.o nior_n.o xor_n.o xnor_n.o copyi.o copyd.o zero.o
sec_tabselect.o comb_tables.o add_n_sub_n.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libmpn.a
ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.
ranlib: 0654-601 Execution of ar failed
Usage: ranlib [-t] [-X {32|64|32_64}] [--] file ...
make[5]: *** [Makefile:477: libmpn.la] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory
'/brixhome/brixton/cpittsley/code/objdir/gmp/mpn'
make[4]: *** [Makefile:954: all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory
'/brixhome/brixton/cpittsley/code/objdir/gmp'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:773: all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory
'/brixhome/brixton/cpittsley/code/objdir/gmp'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:5721: all-stage1-gmp] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/brixhome/brixton/cpittsley/code/objdir'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:24411: stage1-bubble] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/brixhome/brixton/cpittsley/code/objdir'
make: *** [Makefile:1003: all] Error 2

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508-306-1332

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Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

[Kai Ruottu]

Chris Pittsley kirjoitti 3.11.2020 klo 22.14:
> Error occurs in the while making libmpn, which is the first thing to
> be compiled:
>
> libtool: link: ar rc .libs/libmpn.a fib_table.o mp_bases.o add.o add_1.o
> add_n.o sub.o sub_1.o sub_n.o cnd_add_n.o cnd_sub_n.o
>
> <clip>

Could you please check the sanity of '.libs/libmpn.a' with 'ar t' etc ?


> libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libmpn.a
> ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.
> ranlib: 0654-601 Execution of ar failed

Using 'ranlib' seems to be vain in AIX :

http://ps-2.kev009.com/tl/techlib/qna/wwqa/html/RISCO/rta38149.htm

So this seems to be some problem with the native AIX binutils...

Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

[Kai Ruottu]

Kai Ruottu kirjoitti 4.11.2020 klo 2.41:
>
> Chris Pittsley kirjoitti 3.11.2020 klo 22.14:
>> Error occurs in the while making libmpn, which is the first thing to
>> be compiled:
>>
>> libtool: link: ar rc .libs/libmpn.a fib_table.o mp_bases.o add.o add_1.o
>> add_n.o sub.o sub_1.o sub_n.o cnd_add_n.o cnd_sub_n.o
>>
>> <clip>
>
> Could you please check the sanity of '.libs/libmpn.a' with 'ar t' etc ?
>
>
>> libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libmpn.a
>> ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.
>> ranlib: 0654-601 Execution of ar failed
>
> Using 'ranlib' seems to be vain in AIX :
>
> http://ps-2.kev009.com/tl/techlib/qna/wwqa/html/RISCO/rta38149.htm
>
> So this seems to be some problem with the native AIX binutils...
>
This was forgotten in the error notifications :

Usage: ranlib [-t] [-X {32|64|32_64}] [--] file ...

When I looked in the 'gcc-9.3.0/configure' there was this :

*-*-aix4.[3456789]* | *-*-aix[56789].*)
     # nm and ar from AIX 4.3 and above require -X32_64 flag to all ar and nm
     # commands to handle both 32-bit and 64-bit objects.  These flags are
     # harmless if we're using GNU nm or ar.
     extra_arflags_for_target=" -X32_64"
     extra_nmflags_for_target=" -B -X32_64"
     ;;

Why this wasn't forwarded into your Makefile(s) is one question... How did
you configured your GCC build when the '*-*-aix[56789].*' template didn't match
to your $host/$target name?

Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

[Kai Ruottu]

> Kai Ruottu kirjoitti 4.11.2020 klo 2.41:
>
> This was forgotten in the error notifications :
>
> Usage: ranlib [-t] [-X {32|64|32_64}] [--] file ...
>
> When I looked in the 'gcc-9.3.0/configure' there was this :
>
> *-*-aix4.[3456789]* | *-*-aix[56789].*)
>     # nm and ar from AIX 4.3 and above require -X32_64 flag to all ar 
> and nm
>     # commands to handle both 32-bit and 64-bit objects.  These flags are
>     # harmless if we're using GNU nm or ar.
>     extra_arflags_for_target=" -X32_64"
>     extra_nmflags_for_target=" -B -X32_64"
>     ;;
>
> Why this wasn't forwarded into your Makefile(s) is one question... How 
> did
> you configured your GCC build when the '*-*-aix[56789].*' template 
> didn't match
> to your $host/$target name?
>
The thread from August could give some hints...

http://gcc.1065356.n8.nabble.com/Compiling-GCC-10-2-on-AIX-7-2-td1728174.html

Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

[Chris Pittsley]

Kai,

Thanks for the help, that lead me to the answer. The problem was that
make was using the IBM ranlib and ar, while libmpn.a was in the format
used by GNU ar. I fixed my path to point to the GNU binutils and now
that step is completing.

Hitting another error now however. In the section "Configuring stage 1
in ./mpfr", make is failing with:

checking for __gmpz_init in -lgmp... no
configure: error: libgmp not found or uses a different ABI (including
static vs shared).

Here are the steps I took to get here:

git clone --branch=releases/gcc-9 git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git gcc
cd gcc/
contrib/download_prerequisites
mkdir ../objdir
cd ../objdir
../gcc/configure --prefix=/usr/gcc --enable-languages=c,c++,go
make SHELL=/bin/bash CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash

-- 
Chris Pittsley
Engineering and Support
Alebra Technologies, Inc.
508-306-1332

-----Original Message-----
From: Kai Ruottu <kai.ruottu@wippies.com>
To: Chris Pittsley <chris.pittsley@alebra.com>, gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
<gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File
.libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:19:14 +0200


> Kai Ruottu kirjoitti 4.11.2020 klo 2.41:
> 
> This was forgotten in the error notifications :
> 
> Usage: ranlib [-t] [-X {32|64|32_64}] [--] file ...
> 
> When I looked in the 'gcc-9.3.0/configure' there was this :
> 
> *-*-aix4.[3456789]* | *-*-aix[56789].*)
>     # nm and ar from AIX 4.3 and above require -X32_64 flag to all
> ar 
> and nm
>     # commands to handle both 32-bit and 64-bit objects.  These
> flags are
>     # harmless if we're using GNU nm or ar.
>     extra_arflags_for_target=" -X32_64"
>     extra_nmflags_for_target=" -B -X32_64"
>     ;;
> 
> Why this wasn't forwarded into your Makefile(s) is one question...
> How 
> did
> you configured your GCC build when the '*-*-aix[56789].*' template 
> didn't match
> to your $host/$target name?
> 
The thread from August could give some hints...

http://gcc.1065356.n8.nabble.com/Compiling-GCC-10-2-on-AIX-7-2-
td1728174.html

Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.

[Brian Groose]

I work with a few different unix systems and build binutils+gcc for
them.  The AIX version I do this for is 6.1 TL06 SP09.

After I build binutils on AIX, I remove a few of the binaries because
they don't appear to properly work on AIX, though I do not have this
issue on Linux/HPUX/Solaris.  These are: ar as ld nm ranlib strip.  I
think that's probably most of the common tools for binutils, so maybe
try building gcc without binutils?

The most recent version I've done this for is gcc 8.3.0 and binutils
2.26.  I was not able to get newer versions of binutils to build on my
AIX host at all, which is why it was not something more contemporary
with gcc 8.3.0.  So my experience here may not matter if something is
different in gcc 9.3.0.


On Wed, Nov 4, 2020 at 2:57 PM Chris Pittsley <chris.pittsley@alebra.com> wrote:
>
> Kai,
>
> Thanks for the help, that lead me to the answer. The problem was that
> make was using the IBM ranlib and ar, while libmpn.a was in the format
> used by GNU ar. I fixed my path to point to the GNU binutils and now
> that step is completing.
>
> Hitting another error now however. In the section "Configuring stage 1
> in ./mpfr", make is failing with:
>
> checking for __gmpz_init in -lgmp... no
> configure: error: libgmp not found or uses a different ABI (including
> static vs shared).
>
> Here are the steps I took to get here:
>
> git clone --branch=releases/gcc-9 git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git gcc
> cd gcc/
> contrib/download_prerequisites
> mkdir ../objdir
> cd ../objdir
> ../gcc/configure --prefix=/usr/gcc --enable-languages=c,c++,go
> make SHELL=/bin/bash CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash
>
> --
> Chris Pittsley
> Engineering and Support
> Alebra Technologies, Inc.
> 508-306-1332
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kai Ruottu <kai.ruottu@wippies.com>
> To: Chris Pittsley <chris.pittsley@alebra.com>, gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
> <gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org>
> Subject: Re: Cannot Compile GCC 9.3 on AIX 6.1 -- ar: 0707-108 File
> .libs/libmpn.a is not an archive file.
> Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:19:14 +0200
>
>
> > Kai Ruottu kirjoitti 4.11.2020 klo 2.41:
> >
> > This was forgotten in the error notifications :
> >
> > Usage: ranlib [-t] [-X {32|64|32_64}] [--] file ...
> >
> > When I looked in the 'gcc-9.3.0/configure' there was this :
> >
> > *-*-aix4.[3456789]* | *-*-aix[56789].*)
> >     # nm and ar from AIX 4.3 and above require -X32_64 flag to all
> > ar
> > and nm
> >     # commands to handle both 32-bit and 64-bit objects.  These
> > flags are
> >     # harmless if we're using GNU nm or ar.
> >     extra_arflags_for_target=" -X32_64"
> >     extra_nmflags_for_target=" -B -X32_64"
> >     ;;
> >
> > Why this wasn't forwarded into your Makefile(s) is one question...
> > How
> > did
> > you configured your GCC build when the '*-*-aix[56789].*' template
> > didn't match
> > to your $host/$target name?
> >
> The thread from August could give some hints...
>
> http://gcc.1065356.n8.nabble.com/Compiling-GCC-10-2-on-AIX-7-2-
> td1728174.html
>