Re: cannot build library on HP-UX

[Gavin Smith]

On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Denis Laroche <address@hidden> wrote:
> I used version 2.69 of autoconf and version 1.13.4 of automake to
> generate the configure script. I use a recent version of GNU make,
> 3.82, on the HP-UX system. I also use option subdir-objects in
> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE to minimize the number of recursions, although the
> gnulib library is still built in its own directory.
>
> I reproduced below the ouput of make --debug=v; the gnulib source
> files are in directory lib. If someone is willing to help, I'll be
> glad to provide any file that you might require.

> (cut)

> Updating goal targets....
> Considering target file `all-am'.
>  File `all-am' does not exist.
>   Pruning file `Makefile'.
>   Considering target file `libgnu.la'.
>    File `libgnu.la' does not exist.
>     Considering target file `exitfail.lo'.
>      File `exitfail.lo' does not exist.
>      Finished prerequisites of target file `exitfail.lo'.
>     Must remake target `exitfail.lo'.
>make[4]: Entering directory
>`/tmp_mnt/home/limpet/ex36672/tools/dist/glog-hppa64/lib'
>make[4]: *** No rule to make target `exitfail.lo', needed by `libgnu.la'.  
>Stop.
>make[4]: Leaving directory

This is a libtool file. I don't know what the problem is but I suggest
making a minimal automake project that uses libtool to see if you can
get it to run on HP-UX. That might be easier to debug than compiling
gnulib.