Hi Mike,
thanks for the follow-up. Same class of bug, just in a different
subdirectory this time: src/emacs_mode/Makefile.am's all-local step had
the identical .libs/*.so-only glob (used to copy the freshly built
libemacs next to the apl binary) -- on MacOS libtool builds libemacs.dylib
instead, so the glob was again left as a literal, non-existent filename,
and the failed 'test -f' aborted the build right there, again with no
error text of its own.
Fixed in *SVN 2090* -- now globs both *.so and *.dylib in
src/emacs_mode/Makefile.am as well, and can no longer abort the build
either way. Please svn up and retry; let us know if anything else comes
up.
Best regards,
Jürgen
PS: This error was fixed with the help of Claude Code
(https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/apl).
On 8/20/26 15:16, M.Hall wrote:
Thank you! It gets much farther along before the next error:
===
libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../..
-Wno-deprecated-declarations -g -O2 -I
/Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk -MT VersionCommand.lo
-MD -MP -MF .deps/VersionCommand.Tpo -c VersionCommand.cc -o
VersionCommand.o >/dev/null 2>&1
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++
-Wno-deprecated-declarations -g -O2 -I
/Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk -export-dynamic -o
libemacs.la <http://libemacs.la> -rpath /usr/local/lib/apl
DefCommand.lo emacs.lo FnCommand.lo FnTagCommand.lo FollowCommand.lo
GetVarCommand.lo HelpCommand.lo Listener.lo LockWrapper.lo network.lo
NetworkConnection.lo RunCommand.lo SicCommand.lo SiCommand.lo
SendCommand.lo SystemFnCommand.lo SystemVariableCommand.lo
TcpListener.lo TempFileWrapper.lo TraceData.lo UnixSocketListener.lo
util.lo VariablesCommand.lo VersionCommand.lo -lpcre2-32 -lpng -lz
-lfftw3 -ldl -lm -lpthread
libtool: link: g++ -r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib -o
.libs/libemacs.0.dylib-master.o .libs/DefCommand.o .libs/emacs.o
.libs/FnCommand.o .libs/FnTagCommand.o .libs/FollowCommand.o
.libs/GetVarCommand.o .libs/HelpCommand.o .libs/Listener.o
.libs/LockWrapper.o .libs/network.o .libs/NetworkConnection.o
.libs/RunCommand.o .libs/SicCommand.o .libs/SiCommand.o
.libs/SendCommand.o .libs/SystemFnCommand.o
.libs/SystemVariableCommand.o .libs/TcpListener.o
.libs/TempFileWrapper.o .libs/TraceData.o .libs/UnixSocketListener.o
.libs/util.o .libs/VariablesCommand.o .libs/VersionCommand.o
libtool: link: g++ -dynamiclib -Wl,-undefined -Wl,dynamic_lookup -o
.libs/libemacs.0.dylib .libs/libemacs.0.dylib-master.o
/usr/local/lib/libpcre2-32.dylib /usr/local/lib/libpng16.dylib -lz
/usr/local/lib/libfftw3.a -ldl -lm -lpthread -g -O2 -pthread
-install_name /usr/local/lib/apl/libemacs.0.dylib
-compatibility_version 1 -current_version 1.0
libtool: link: (cd ".libs" && rm -f "libemacs.dylib" && ln -s
"libemacs.0.dylib" "libemacs.dylib")
libtool: link: ar cr .libs/libemacs.a DefCommand.o emacs.o
FnCommand.o FnTagCommand.o FollowCommand.o GetVarCommand.o
HelpCommand.o Listener.o LockWrapper.o network.o NetworkConnection.o
RunCommand.o SicCommand.o SiCommand.o SendCommand.o SystemFnCommand.o
SystemVariableCommand.o TcpListener.o TempFileWrapper.o TraceData.o
UnixSocketListener.o util.o VariablesCommand.o VersionCommand.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/libemacs.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "libemacs.la
<http://libemacs.la>" && ln -s "../libemacs.la <http://libemacs.la>"
"libemacs.la <http://libemacs.la>" )
make[3]: *** [all-local] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk/src/emacs_mode'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk'
make: *** [all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk'
SVN/trunk $
$ svn info
Path: .
Working Copy Root Path: /Volumes/ARCHIVE/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk
URL: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl/trunk
<http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl/trunk>
Relative URL: ^/trunk
Repository Root: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl
<http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl>
Repository UUID: bd74f7bd-1a55-4bac-9fab-68015b139e80
Revision: 2089
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: j_sauermann
Last Changed Rev: 2089
Last Changed Date: 2026-08-20 07:21:59 -0500 (Thu, 20 Aug 2026)
$ c++ --version
Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.5)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.6.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin
On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM Dr. Jürgen Sauermann
<mail@jürgen-sauermann.de <mailto:mail@j%C3%BCrgen-sauermann.de>> wrote:
Hi Mike,
Thanks for the report -- found it. src/native/Makefile.am's all-local
step copies the freshly-built native-function libraries next to the
apl binary so the interpreter can be tested from the build tree
without
a prior 'make install'. That step globbed .libs/*.so only; on MacOS
libtool builds .dylib instead, so the glob matches nothing, is left as
a literal (non-existent) filename, and the resulting failed 'test -f'
aborts the whole build right there -- which is exactly why your
transcript shows a fully successful compile/link/ranlib/symlink
sequence for lib_template_OP2 immediately followed by 'all-local]
Error 1' with no error text of its own: the failure is in that copy
step, not in anything you pasted above it.
Fixed at *SVN 2087 *-- now globs both *.so and *.dylib, and
can no longer abort the build either way. Please *svn up* and retry;
let us know if anything else comes up.
Jürgen
PS: Claude Code found and fixed this one.
On 8/18/26 16:13, M.Hall wrote:
I get a build error with the latest SVN (happened last week,
too). Used to build ok earlier in the year. No changes to
compiler; only security updates to macOS 15.7. Have removed
existing svn/trunk directory and tried a new svn clone. Same result.
$ make clean
$ svn up
$ ./configure --without-x
$ make -w
...
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=compile g++
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I ./.. -g -O2 -g -O2 -I
/Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk -MT
lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.lo -MD -MP -MF
.deps/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.Tpo -c -o
lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.lo `test -f 'template_OP2.cc' ||
echo './'`template_OP2.cc
libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I ./.. -g -O2
-g -O2 -I /Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk -MT
lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.lo -MD -MP -MF
.deps/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.Tpo -c template_OP2.cc
-fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.o
libtool: compile: g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../.. -I ./.. -g -O2
-g -O2 -I /Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk -MT
lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.lo -MD -MP -MF
.deps/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.Tpo -c template_OP2.cc -o
lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .deps/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.Tpo
.deps/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.Plo
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=link g++ -I ./.. -g
-O2 -g -O2 -I /Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk
-avoid-version -export-dynamic -o lib_template_OP2.la -rpath
/usr/local/lib/apl lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.lo
-lpcre2-32 -lpng -lz -lfftw3 -ldl -lm -lpthread
libtool: link: g++ -r -keep_private_externs -nostdlib -o
.libs/lib_template_OP2.dylib-master.o
.libs/lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.o
libtool: link: g++ -dynamiclib -Wl,-undefined -Wl,dynamic_lookup
-o .libs/lib_template_OP2.dylib
.libs/lib_template_OP2.dylib-master.o
/usr/local/lib/libpcre2-32.dylib /usr/local/lib/libpng16.dylib
-lz /usr/local/lib/libfftw3.a -ldl -lm -lpthread -g -O2 -g -O2
-pthread -install_name /usr/local/lib/apl/lib_template_OP2.dylib
libtool: link: ar cr .libs/lib_template_OP2.a
lib_template_OP2_la-template_OP2.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/lib_template_OP2.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "lib_template_OP2.la" && ln
-s "../lib_template_OP2.la" "lib_template_OP2.la" )
make[3]: *** [all-local] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk/src/native'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk'
make: *** [all] Error 2
make: Leaving directory
`/Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk'
$ svn info
Path: .
Working Copy Root Path: /Volumes/WORK/Language/APL/gnu-apl/SVN/trunk
URL: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl/trunk
<http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl/trunk>
Relative URL: ^/trunk
Repository Root: svn://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl
<http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/apl>
Repository UUID: bd74f7bd-1a55-4bac-9fab-68015b139e80
Revision: 2086
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: j_sauermann
Last Changed Rev: 2086
Last Changed Date: 2026-08-18 08:23:05 -0500 (Tue, 18 Aug 2026)
$ g++ --version
Apple clang version 17.0.0 (clang-1700.0.13.5)
Target: arm64-apple-darwin24.6.0
Thread model: posix
InstalledDir: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin
Thanks.
--
Mike Hall
--
Mike Hall
