compile error

[Former user]

Trying to compile. stuff goes smoothly until the very end. Tries to find file '=/usr/lib/libfreetype.la' and fails.

I edited libtool to try to debug. I don't know where the '=' is coming from.

edited piece of ./libtool:

# Only create the output if not a dry run.
  $opt_dry_run || {
    for installed in no yes; do
      if test "$installed" = yes; then
        if test -z "$install_libdir"; then
          break
        fi
        output="$output_objdir/$outputname"i
        # Replace all uninstalled libtool libraries with the installed ones
        newdependency_libs=
        for deplib in $dependency_libs; do
          case $deplib in
          *.la)
            func_basename "$deplib"
            echo deplib is $deplib
            name="$func_basename_result"
            eval libdir=`${SED} -n -e 's/^libdir=\(.*\)$/\1/p' $deplib`
            echo libdir is $libdir
            test -z "$libdir" && \
              func_fatal_error "\`$deplib' 555 is not a valid libtool archive"
            newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs $libdir/$name"
            ;;
          *) newdependency_libs="$newdependency_libs $deplib" ;;
          esac
        done
        dependency_libs="$newdependency_libs"
        newdlfiles=

end piece of log:

make[2]: [libgd.la] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory /usr/local/src/libgd-2.1.0/src' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory/usr/local/src/libgd-2.1.0/src' make: [all-recursive] Error 1 root@beaglebone:/usr/local/src/libgd-2.1.0# tail -20 out libtool: link: (cd ".libs" && rm -f "libgd.so" && ln -s "libgd.so.3.0.0" "libgd.so") libtool: link: ar cru .libs/libgd.a gd.o gd_color.o gd_color_map.o gd_transform.o gdfx.o gd_security.o gd_gd.o gd_gd2.o gd_io.o gd_io_dp.o gd_gif_in.o gd_gif_out.o gd_io_file.o gd_io_ss.o gd_jpeg.o gd_png.o gd_ss.o gd_topal.o gd_wbmp.o gdcache.o gdfontg.o gdfontl.o gdfontmb.o gdfonts.o gdfontt.o gdft.o gdhelpers.o gdkanji.o gdtables.o gdxpm.o wbmp.o gd_filter.o gd_nnquant.o gd_rotate.o gd_matrix.o gd_interpolation.o gd_crop.o webpimg.o gd_webp.o gd_tiff.o gd_tga.o gd_bmp.o gd_xbm.o gd_color_match.o libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libgd.a deplib is /usr/lib/libjpeg.la libdir is /usr/lib deplib is /usr/lib/libpng12.la libdir is /usr/lib deplib is /usr/lib/libfreetype.la libdir is /usr/lib deplib is /usr/lib/libfontconfig.la libdir is /usr/lib deplib is =/usr/lib/libfreetype.la /bin/sed: can't read =/usr/lib/libfreetype.la: No such file or directory libdir is libtool: link: =/usr/lib/libfreetype.la' 555 is not a valid libtool archive make[2]: *** [libgd.la] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory/usr/local/src/libgd-2.1.0/src' make[1]: [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/libgd-2.1.0/src' make: [all-recursive] Error 1

[Former user]

I am quite sure that's your local system bug in .la file. Do: grep freetype /usr/lib/*.la and you'll probably find it somewhere.

[Chris Howard]

I have more explanation if that is helpful.

It appears to be a problem when building the ./src/libgd.la file. I put 'set +x' in the libtool and I have a long log Long Log

I was able to work around it by copying the ./src/libgd.la into /usr/local/lib and run 'make install-data-am' to install the .h files.

Looking in /usr/lib/freetype.la, it looks to me like the other .la files in /usr/lib. I don't see any particular problems, no strange '=' floating around.

[Chris Howard]

Here's some interesting information.

I downloaded libgd-2.1.0-rc2 and it all compiled just fine.

[Mike Frysinger]

looks like your libfontconfig.la is busted

+ . /usr/lib/libfontconfig.la
++ dlname=libfontconfig.so.1
++ library_names='libfontconfig.so.1.5.0 libfontconfig.so.1 libfontconfig.so'
++ old_library=libfontconfig.a
++ inherited_linker_flags=
++ dependency_libs=' -L=/usr/lib =/usr/lib/libfreetype.la =/usr/lib/libexpat.la'

[Former user]

JFTR what crazy system still keeps those evil .la files around?

[Mike Frysinger]

they make sense on systems which don't have reasonable linkers/loaders, or when doing static linking or using libltdl

they have fallen out of favor with most Linux distros though

[Former user]

I know, but I am just asking for this particular system...

[Chris Howard]

Confirmed. I removed "-L=/usr/lib" from file /usr/lib/libfontconfig.la and now compile all just fine.

Thanks for your help and patience with me. i will attempt to report this back to the distro if I can. (Angstrom embedded linux, a Debian child I believe)

[Former user]

Strange, Debian got rid of .la files quite a long time ago with few exceptions.

No worries – and I recommend just delete those .la files unless you really need them (f.e. for static builds), but most probably you don't.