Re: [Help-gsl] Object Name Conflicts

[Brian Gough]

At Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:50:12 -0500,
Bob Smith wrote:
> 
> Starting with ./configure --disable-shared, I libtooled (1.5.23a), 
> compiled (gcc 3.4.4) and linked (ld 2.17.50) GSL 1.9 on a Windows 
> platform using CygWin, when I encountered the following messages 
> followed by an error message:
> libtool: link: ERROR: object name conflicts: 
> .libs/libgsl.lax/libgslblock.a//cygdrive/c/gsl-1.9/block/.libs/libgslblock.a
> make[2]: *** [libgsl.la] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/gsl-1.9'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/gsl-1.9'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> Does the error message (ERROR: object name conflicts) make sense?

Hello,

I think the GSL package that is part of Cygwin comes with some
instructions and/or patches for compiling on that platform.  The
compilation used to work without changes but maybe it doesn't any
more.

-- 
Brian Gough
(GSL Maintainer)

Network Theory Ltd,
Publishing the GSL Manual - http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/manual/