[mapserver-users] build 3.6.1 warnings and errors

[Lowell Filak]

I can't seem to reproduce the error you're getting. However did you make sure to do a 'make clean' in both the mapserver-* & mapserver-*/mapscript/perl directory before trying to build mapscript?
Lowell F.

The following message was sent by Zak James <zak-ms at aiya.dhs.org> on Sat, 10 Aug 2002 23:24:28 -0400.

> Does perl/mapscript build ok with older gcc versions on OS X 10.1.5? 
> What does gcc -v return?
> 
> Zak
> On Friday, August 9, 2002, at 10:49 PM, Puneet Kishor wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the suggestion Daniel.
> >
> > A few questions --
> >
> > On Friday, August 9, 2002, at 05:04  PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> >
> >> Puneet Kishor wrote:
> >>>
> >>> well, it seems to be ranlib-ing, but complains about it being "out of 
> >>> date".
> >>> I am wondering if it has something to do with the fact that some 
> >>> stuff got
> >>> written to
> >>>
> >>> cp -f libmap.a /usr/local/lib/
> >>> cp -f map.h /usr/local/include/mapserver-3.5/
> >>>
> >>> during ms make install.
> >>>
> >>
> >> MapServer's 'make install' target should be avoided.  It has no real
> >> use, except confusing your build when you upgrade to a new version of
> >> MapServer.
> >
> > I am not sure what you mean by "'make install' target should be 
> > avoided." I never gave any target. All I did was 'make install' at the 
> > prompt. Are you saying I don't need to 'make install'?
> >
> >>
> >> I suggest deleting /usr/local/lib/libmap.a, and
> >> /usr/local/include/mapserver-3.5/map.h, and then restart your build
> >> (make clean; make) ... the problem may go away.
> >
> > Did that, and am now faced with the following...
> >
> > Mapserv builds fine, but Perl/Mapscript refuses to. Croaks out with the 
> > message --
> >
> > /usr/bin/ld: table of contents for archive: /usr/local/lib/libmap.a is 
> > out of date; rerun ranlib(1) (can't load from it)
> > make: *** [blib/arch/auto/mapscript/mapscript.bundle] Error 1
> >
> >
> > Any suggestion?
> >
> > Tia,
> >
> > pk.
> >