Re: compile errors

[Bruno Haible]

Dan Robinson writes:

> I have downloaded, compiled, and installed the gcc-3.2.1 compiler.
> Since then, I can no longer compile gettext-0.11.5, or libtool-1.4.3.
> 
> I get the following error:
> 
> Undefined                       first referenced
>   symbol                                   in file
> __eprintf                         basename.lo
> ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to
> .libs/libgettextlib-0.11.5.so

This is a bug in GCC 3.2.1. You had a GCC 2.xx installed at the same
place earlier, and it installed a file assert.h in

  $prefix/sparc-sun-solarisx.y/include/assert.h

This file doesn't work anymore with GCC 3.2.1. IMO GCC 3.2.1 ought to
have removed it or moved it to

  $prefix/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-solarisx.y/2.xxx/include/assert.h

but it didn't do it.

The fix for you is to remove this assert.h file (but not the one in
/usr/include !) and rebuild gettext using "make clean; make".

Bruno