[GRASS5] Silly Gdal Lib Error [off]

[Jeshua Lacock]

On Sunday, May 27, 2001, at 10:58 AM, Glynn Clements wrote:

>> ranlib /usr/src/gdal-1.1.4/gdal.a
>> ranlib: file: /usr/src/gdal-1.1.4/gdal.a(pnggccrd.o) has no symbols
>> ranlib: file: /usr/src/gdal-1.1.4/gdal.a(pngvcrd.o) has no symbols
>> ranlib: file: /usr/src/gdal-1.1.4/gdal.a(tif_pixarlog.o) has no symbols
>
> For each of the three corresponding source files, the entire file is
> enclosed in a #if[def]/#endif. The result will be an object file with
> no symbols. It would appear that your version of ranlib doesn't like
> this (i.e. it fails to update the index, rather than just ignoring the
> files).
>
> Try manually removing the above files from the archive, with
>
> 	ar d gdal.a pnggccrd.o pngvcrd.o tif_pixarlog.o
>
> Then re-run ranlib.

Hello,

Thanks for your suggestions Glynn, despite your excellent help, I am 
still getting the same make errors.

I no longer get the ranlib "has no symbol" after running ar.

I guess I will email Frank...


Thanks again,

Jeshua Lacock
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