[avahi] avahi configure error/warning (libtool?)

[Sebastien Estienne]

yeah i noticed that yesterday, it seems that common/acx_pthread.m4 is
broken on macosx and should be fixed

On 6/27/06, Owen Meyers <meyers at music.mcgill.ca> wrote:
> I am trying to install avahi (Mac OS X 10.4.6), and I get this
> warning.  Am I missing something obvious?
>
> dhcp-9-187:~/Research/olpc/avahi-0.6.10 meyers$ ./configure
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> checking for suffix of executables...
> checking for suffix of object files... o
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
> checking for g++... g++
> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
> checking dependency style of g++... gcc3
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether ln -s works... yes
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
> checking for egrep... grep -E
> checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
> checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0
> checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin8.6.0
> checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
> checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
> checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
> checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -p
> checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
> checking for sys/types.h... yes
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
> checking for stdlib.h... yes
> checking for string.h... yes
> checking for memory.h... yes
> checking for strings.h... yes
> checking for inttypes.h... yes
> checking for stdint.h... yes
> checking for unistd.h... yes
> checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
> checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
> checking for dlfcn.h... yes
> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
> checking for g77... no
> checking for f77... no
> checking for xlf... no
> checking for frt... no
> checking for pgf77... no
> checking for fort77... no
> checking for fl32... no
> checking for af77... no
> checking for f90... no
> checking for xlf90... no
> checking for pgf90... no
> checking for epcf90... no
> checking for f95... no
> checking for fort... no
> checking for xlf95... no
> checking for ifc... no
> checking for efc... no
> checking for pgf95... no
> checking for lf95... no
> checking for gfortran... no
> checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
> checking whether  accepts -g... no
> checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 196608
> checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -p output from gcc object... ok
> checking for objdir... .libs
> checking for ar... ar
> checking for ranlib... ranlib
> checking for strip... strip
> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fno-common
> checking if gcc PIC flag -fno-common works... yes
> checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared
> libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin8.6.0 dyld
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... yes
> configure: creating libtool
> appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
> checking for ld used by g++... /usr/bin/ld
> checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... no
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared
> libraries... yes
> checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fno-common
> checking if g++ PIC flag -fno-common works... yes
> checking if g++ static flag -static works... no
> checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
> checking whether the g++ linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared
> libraries... yes
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... darwin8.6.0 dyld
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
> checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
> checking whether pthreads work without any flags... yes
> checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
> checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... -
> D_THREAD_SAFE
> checking for cc_r... gcc
> checking whether to check for GCC pthread/shared inconsistencies... yes
> checking whether -pthread is sufficient with -shared... no
> checking whether -lpthread fixes that... no
> checking whether -lc_r fixes that... no
> configure: WARNING: Impossible to determine how to use pthreads with
> shared libraries
> configure: error: Missing POSIX Threads support
>
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Sebastien Estienne