Subject: Re: trouble with gnu ar
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
List: current-users
Date: 07/02/1998 00:02:20
On Wed, Jul 01, 1998 at 02:45:13PM -0400, Todd Vierling wrote:

> : Hi, I've been having the following kind of problem ever since the new
> : binutils were introduced:
> 
> : ar.o: Undefined symbol `_yyparse' referenced from text segment
> 
> Make sure that the files /usr/src/gnu/dist/binutils/ar{lex,parse}.c don't
> exist.  (arparse.y and arlex.l should, however.)  If either file exists, you
> forgot the "delete" flag to sup; there are several files in that directory
> that will interfere with building the binutils. 

After killing few 0-byte files, ar builds 'a bit better'.

Thanks,
  -Antti