nALFS / libxml2-2.6.16 / FreeBSD 5.3 libtool error

[Joe Marcus Clarke]

On Sat, 2005-01-01 at 22:08 +0100, EC wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using a tool linked to libxml2 under Linux. It compiles, links and runs
> perfectly. Under FreeBSD I can't compile correctly because of a libtools
> error. nALFS error seems to indicate it's a libxml problem.
> 
> I'm using FreeBSD 5.3, libxml2 2.6.13 compiled from ports.
> 
> I get the following error (last line):
> 
> ...
> if gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.  -I/usr/local/include/libxml2
> -I/usr/local/include -I./src/include -I./src  -W -Wall -Wshadow -Winline  -g
> -O2 -MT src/src_nALFS-win.o -MD -MP -MF "src/.deps/src_nALFS-win.Tpo"  -c -o
> src/src_nALFS-win.o `test -f 'src/win.c' || echo './'`src/win.c;  then mv -f
> "src/.deps/src_nALFS-win.Tpo" "src/.deps/src_nALFS-win.Po";  else rm -f
> "src/.deps/src_nALFS-win.Tpo"; exit 1;  fi /usr/local/bin/bash ./libtool
> --silent --mode=link gcc -W -Wall -Wshadow
> -Winline  -g -O2    -o src/nALFS -dlopen self  -dlopen src/handlers/alfs.la
> -dlopen src/handlers/check.la  -dlopen src/handlers/configure.la -dlopen
> src/handlers/copy.la -dlopen src/handlers/download.la -dlopen
> src/handlers/execute.la -dlopen src/handlers/link.la -dlopen
> src/handlers/log.la -dlopen src/handlers/make.la -dlopen
> src/handlers/mkdir.la -dlopen src/handlers/move.la  -dlopen
> src/handlers/ownership.la -dlopen src/handlers/package.la -dlopen
> src/handlers/patch.la -dlopen src/handlers/permissions.la   -dlopen
> src/handlers/remove.la -dlopen src/handlers/search_replace.la -dlopen
> src/handlers/setenv.la -dlopen src/handlers/stage.la   -dlopen
> src/handlers/textdump.la -dlopen src/handlers/unpack.la
> src/src_nALFS-backend.o  src/src_nALFS-comm.o src/src_nALFS-editor.o
> src/src_nALFS-find.o src/src_nALFS-handlers.o src/src_nALFS-init.o
> src/src_nALFS-libXML-tree.o src/src_nALFS-logfiles.o src/src_nALFS-logging.o
> src/src_nALFS-nalfs.o  src/src_nALFS-options.o src/src_nALFS-parser.o
> src/src_nALFS-utility.o src/src_nALFS-win.o /usr/local/lib/libxml2.la
> src/lib/libnALFS.la -lncurses src/ltdl/ltdl.la
> gcc: /usr/local/lib/.libs/libxml2.so: No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Please help if possible..

I have no idea what this application does, or how it is packaged, but it
appears to be wanting to link .la files.  Since FreeBSD tries to
avoid .la installation, that's going to cause you some problems.  Try
finding where it references /usr/local/lib/libxml2.la, and change that
to -lxml2.

Joe

> 
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