From unknown Wed Jun 18 00:25:09 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#42661 <42661@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#42661 <42661@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: OS X 10.9 and "error: libtool: no output file specified" Reply-To: bug#42661 <42661@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:25:09 +0000 retitle 42661 OS X 10.9 and "error: libtool: no output file specified" reassign 42661 libtool submitter 42661 noloader@gmail.com severity 42661 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat Aug 01 16:43:21 2020 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Aug 2020 20:43:21 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41151 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k1yLh-0003Ur-8q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:43:21 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:50848) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1k1yLd-0003Uh-Dx for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:43:20 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37610) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k1yLd-00081r-5n for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:43:17 -0400 Received: from mail-il1-x134.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::134]:44471) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1k1yLb-0006z0-Gd for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 16:43:16 -0400 Received: by mail-il1-x134.google.com with SMTP id j9so24733179ilc.11 for ; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:43:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=kW2aL3buDkufw+c1nMl6/TeGJ1LheurZTXe3DKYK9Ho=; b=WvUWuQXPC8Ux5p2nmTyPP9GyQYYCa3y9FEfu3q8Pg9qL2AunYMf85EzRLa1cF4dYmg jsCrTYzq5MAUjxKFuzU/Yw1zm489ofKPScBCTAa5dk3l2uxDpkK5vDWUhNsnv6ooYWVq UADfZNQtdtvy0DcKmJYtf/03vOu/a+6+6xnQlHDY8mh+ZXS049aZkJSWcA3bBEVlgGWd ozKRE0sHKckuvYZF57AxHAy6HVWzyX/82rESIkyVIADc2XCEPCHxvh+wj14F9ADDkF5g NK5uwM6Ke3o+YCOgsPY4NabpCG8kkft3t8B/YFrCzxxtHnHw8tRwKuPOxIVJ+Xw26RrG fVWQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=kW2aL3buDkufw+c1nMl6/TeGJ1LheurZTXe3DKYK9Ho=; b=be2IdmjB+MzuUEPbB6WQDYE8+8OuWahrmYeO3NESfjckqIsTNsTQ5YUI2WLHu4RCJ+ l9heDJGkHwabJFBiMzDzRGn3Xvi/VITZv+v7PpYpZ3QAocZTiEeFDlvw1MPgchwugvRW XPvl1lWYZ+TI147IZTsExVa4M8T0QvRJoP9NzPkLhTlWRdf5WjbZopOarAMT04WdaH1v s9fFWxN3uRqH6wv0EO1+kGFZ2rBP0pA0Z6lCvkhMmKwq+eVgMU5uKTvPWqr7DuhuQBsK UKMy3z8+o5Xy+y/58sw7LXV5qSEGRYxV8YZmYtkpgWvR/+w1uWNTXvMuwrOAoyK04mCV k5lA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532D/+8EAH64J7mEJe1+ivKArQmdujnkIt+9rwEamqlKJ7xThpGI YhWStG5XR3aDxlDUVnea2PkjMvqSthTSlIEFYKjbeeqR5wU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyxPDu7pT2SF6lsf+yIIff5ty14XslzaWIP2LHwD3VRGcHq+ohYm5ZzIWam2qj2TCYtG5j8qxnolXDt1Q9a0Mg= X-Received: by 2002:a92:8b11:: with SMTP id i17mr9741852ild.212.1596314593889; Sat, 01 Aug 2020 13:43:13 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Jeffrey Walton Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2020 16:43:03 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: OS X 10.9 and "error: libtool: no output file specified" To: bug-libtool@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::134; envelope-from=noloader@gmail.com; helo=mail-il1-x134.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. That's all we know. X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: noloader@gmail.com Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Hi Everyone, I'm trying to build libtool-2.4.6 on a PowerBook with OS X 10.9. Make is failing with: $ make V=1 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/make all-recursive Making all in . /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=link clang -g2 -O2 -march=native -fPIC -pthread -module -avoid-version -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-rpath,@loader_path/../lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -o libltdl/dlopen.la libltdl/loaders/dlopen.lo -ldl -lpthread libtool: link: libtool cru libltdl/.libs/dlopen.a libltdl/loaders/.libs/dlopen.o error: libtool: no output file specified (specify with -o output) Usage: libtool -static [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-sacLT] [-no_warning_for_no_symbols] Usage: libtool -dynamic [-] file [...] [-filelist listfile[,dirname]] [-arch_only arch] [-o output] [-install_name name] [-compatibility_version #] [-current_version #] [-seg1addr 0x#] [-segs_read_only_addr 0x#] [-segs_read_write_addr 0x#] [-seg_addr_table ] [-seg_addr_table_filename ] [-all_load] [-noall_load] make[2]: *** [libltdl/dlopen.la] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2 I think it is using Apple's libtool, and not glibtool. I configured with 'LIBTOOL=$(command -v glibtool)' in the environment and '--program-prefix=g': $ cat config.log This file contains any messages produced by compilers while running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake. It was created by GNU Libtool configure 2.4.6, which was generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69. Invocation command line was $ ./configure --build=x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 --prefix=/usr/local --libdir=/usr/local/lib --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-ltdl-install --program-prefix=g ... LIBTOOL value is: $ command -v glibtool /opt/local/bin/glibtool Jeff