When I try to build pkgsrc/databases/db4 on IRIX 5.3 I end up with

/sbin/sh ./libtool --mode=link /usr/local/bin/g++ -avoid-version -rpath
/usr/local/pkg/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/pkg/lib  -o libdb4_cxx-4.2.la
cxx_db.lo cxx_dbc.lo cxx_dbt.lo cxx_env.lo cxx_except.lo  cxx_lock.lo
cxx_logc.lo cxx_mpool.lo cxx_txn.lo cxx_multi.lo mut_tas.lo db185.lo
bt_compare.lo bt_conv.lo bt_curadj.lo bt_cursor.lo bt_delete.lo
bt_method.lo bt_open.lo bt_put.lo bt_rec.lo bt_reclaim.lo  bt_recno.lo
bt_rsearch.lo bt_search.lo bt_split.lo bt_stat.lo  bt_upgrade.lo
btree_auto.lo hash.lo hash_auto.lo hash_conv.lo hash_dup.lo hash_meta.lo
hash_method.lo hash_open.lo hash_page.lo hash_rec.lo  hash_reclaim.lo
hash_stat.lo hash_upgrade.lo hash_verify.lo qam.lo qam_auto.lo
qam_conv.lo qam_files.lo qam_method.lo  qam_open.lo qam_rec.lo
qam_stat.lo qam_upgrade.lo qam_verify.lo rep_method.lo rep_record.lo
rep_region.lo rep_util.lo db_ovfl_vrfy.lo db_vrfy.lo db_vrfyutil.lo
bt_verify.lo  snprintf.lo vsnprintf.lo aes_method.lo crypto.lo
mt19937db.lo rijndael-alg-fst.lo  rijndael-api-fst.lo client.lo
db_server_clnt.lo db_server_xdr.lo gen_client.lo  gen_client_ret.lo
crdel_auto.lo crdel_rec.lo db.lo db_am.lo db_auto.lo  db_byteorder.lo
db_cam.lo db_conv.lo db_dispatch.lo db_dup.lo  db_err.lo db_getlong.lo
db_idspace.lo db_iface.lo db_join.lo  db_log2.lo db_meta.lo db_method.lo
db_open.lo db_overflow.lo  db_pr.lo db_rec.lo db_reclaim.lo db_rename.lo
db_remove.lo  db_ret.lo db_salloc.lo db_shash.lo db_truncate.lo
db_upg.lo  db_upg_opd.lo dbm.lo dbreg.lo dbreg_auto.lo dbreg_rec.lo
dbreg_util.lo env_file.lo env_method.lo env_open.lo  env_recover.lo
env_region.lo fileops_auto.lo fop_basic.lo  fop_rec.lo fop_util.lo
hash_func.lo hmac.lo hsearch.lo lock.lo  lock_deadlock.lo lock_method.lo
lock_region.lo lock_stat.lo  lock_util.lo log.lo log_archive.lo
log_compare.lo log_get.lo  log_method.lo log_put.lo mp_alloc.lo mp_bh.lo
mp_fget.lo  mp_fopen.lo mp_fput.lo mp_fset.lo mp_method.lo mp_region.lo
mp_register.lo mp_stat.lo mp_sync.lo mp_trickle.lo mutex.lo  os_abs.lo
os_alloc.lo os_clock.lo os_config.lo os_dir.lo  os_errno.lo os_fid.lo
os_fsync.lo os_handle.lo os_id.lo  os_map.lo os_method.lo os_oflags.lo
os_open.lo os_region.lo  os_rename.lo os_root.lo os_rpath.lo os_rw.lo
os_seek.lo  os_sleep.lo os_spin.lo os_stat.lo os_tmpdir.lo os_unlink.lo
sha1.lo txn.lo txn_auto.lo txn_method.lo txn_rec.lo  txn_recover.lo
txn_region.lo txn_stat.lo txn_util.lo xa.lo  xa_db.lo xa_map.lo 
func_infer_tag[27]: func_infer_tag: cannot open
libtool: link: `cxx_db.lo' is not a valid libtool object
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake: stopped in
/usr/people/schwarz/pkgsrc/databases/db4/work/db-4.2.52/build_unix
*** Error code 1

Indeed cxx_db.lo does not exist. Should it? Does it on other platforms?
Why is it included in the link statement? Is this a libtool bug?  

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