libtool, OS X, and GNU ranlib

[Bob Friesenhahn]

I have received a build error report from a GraphicsMagick user (not 
technically inclined) which implies that libtool does not work well if 
it encounters GNU ranlib on Intel OS X 10.5.8:

copying selected object files to avoid basename conflicts...
ranlib: unrecognized option `-q'
Try `ranlib --help' for more information.
ar: internal ranlib command failed
make[1]: *** [magick/libGraphicsMagick.la] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

I am still waiting for a response from this user as to the path to the 
problematic 'ranlib' and the exact GraphicsMagick version used.

Bob
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Bob Friesenhahn
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GraphicsMagick Maintainer,    http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/