I have an existing project that appeared to work in the past on slackware. I am trying to compile it on a modern Ubuntu system:
egoff@ubuntu:~/Perforce/bpsmain/main/tests/libdnet$ uname -a Linux ubuntu 3.19.0-64-generic #72~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 24 17:59:48 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux egoff@ubuntu:~/Perforce/bpsmain/main/tests/libdnet$ autoreconf --version autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69 When I run: Autoreconf I get various warnings. And eventually it produces "configure" with this line: old_archive_cmds="$old_archive_cmds~\$RANLIB \$tool_oldlib" When I eventually run: ./configure --prefix=/tmp/foo It produces "libtool" that never sets "$tool_oldlib" And therefore fails when I run my make ar cru .libs/libdnet.a addr-util.o addr.o blob.o bufqueue.o ethring.o fifo.o hex.o ip-util.o ip6.o ipspace.o mempool.o rand.o session.o shm.o strlcat.o strlcpy.o arp-ioctl.o eth-linux.o fw-none.o intf.o ip.o route-linux.o tun-linux.o ranlib Usage: ranlib [options] archive Generate an index to speed access to archives The options are: @<file> Read options from <file> --plugin <name> Load the specified plugin -D Use zero for symbol map timestamp -U Use actual symbol map timestamp (default) -t Update the archive's symbol map timestamp -h --help Print this help message -v --version Print version information ranlib: supported targets: elf64-x86-64 elf32-i386 elf32-x86-64 a.out-i386-linux pei-i386 pei-x86-64 elf64-l1om elf64-k1om elf64-little elf64-big elf32-little elf32-big pe-x86-64 pe-i386 plugin srec symbolsrec verilog tekhex binary ihex make[1]: *** [libdnet.la] Error 1 make[1]: Target `install' not remade because of errors. The line in libtool looks like this: Any ideas? Thank you, Eric
