[Gdal-dev] gdal build failure on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10

[Frank Warmerdam]

Alans wrote:
> I am trying to build gdal on SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 10 and I get the
> following error. I have tried 1.6.3 and the latest daily build. Both give
> the same error.
> 
> alan at stratford:~/gdal/gdal-1.6.3 47% gmake
> (cd port; gmake)
> gmake[1]: Entering directory `/nashome/alan/gdal/gdal-1.6.3/port'
> /bin/sh /nashome/alan/gdal/gdal-1.6.3/libtool --mode=compile --tag=CXX g++
> -g -O2  -Wall  -DOGR_ENABLED -I/nashome/alan/gdal/gdal-1.6.3/port -I
> -I/include      -DHAVE_CURL -DHAVE_LIBZ -c -o cpl_conv.lo cpl_conv.cpp
> libtool: clean: rmdir .libs >/dev/null 2>&1
> libtool: clean: rmdir .libs >/dev/null 2>&1
> libtool: compile:  g++ -g -O2 -Wall -DOGR_ENABLED
> -I/nashome/alan/gdal/gdal-1.6.3/port -I -I/include -DHAVE_CURL -DHAVE_LIBZ
> -c cpl_conv.cpp  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/cpl_conv.o
> Assembler messages:
> FATAL: can't create .libs/cpl_conv.o: No such file or directory
> gmake[1]: *** [cpl_conv.lo] Error 1
> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/nashome/alan/gdal/gdal-1.6.3/port'
> gmake: *** [port-target] Error 2
> alan at stratford:~/gdal/gdal-1.6.3 48%
> 
> The problem seems to be that the port/.libs directory is removed before an
> attempt to create a file in that directory. I am not sufficiently proficient
> with makefiles to diagnose the problem. Could it be something wrong with my
> configuration, or the fact that I am using SLES 10?
> 
> I have tried adding a dummy file to the port/.libs directory to make the rm
> fail. This just causes a failure in the next director (i.e. gcore/.libs).

Alan,

This is very odd - I've never seen something quite like it.

One work around would likely be to configure GDAL --without-libtool.  I
wonder if 1.6.3 got released with an unstable libtool version.  Could you
try 1.6.2 on this system and see if that works?

Best regards,
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