Subject: Re: Building MesaLib in Solaris
To: Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu>
From: Raymond Meyer <raymond.meyer@rambler.ru>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/25/2006 01:53:25
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:33:49 -0700
Skylar Thompson <skylar@cs.earlham.edu> wrote:

> I've run into another problem on Solaris 10 x86 with pkgsrc. I'm trying to
> build MesaLib, but I'm getting this error towards the end of the build:
> 
> /export/pkgsrc/graphics/MesaLib/work/.wrapper/bin/libtool[51]: ./libGL.la:
> not found libtool: link: warning: `-L' is ignored for archives/objects
> libtool: link: cannot find the library `libGL.la' or unhandled argument
> `libGL.la'
> 
> I've checked for libGL.la in the build tree and the rest of the filesystem,
> and I don't see it anywhere.

This has been broken for a long time. It only fails on x86 Solaris, on Sparc
Solaris MesaLib builds fine. I think you should also ask on MesaLib
forum/mailing list, since those people would know better how to fix it. It
seems like a problem with autoconf/automake or something like that.