>>>>> John Ling writes: John> Ok having attempted to build both static and shared was the problem. I John> opted to build only static by configuring with --disable-shared and so I John> believe it build the static version of the library. Now when I do an John> 'ar tv' on my static library I get nothing returned. Is this normal? John> Unfortunately, when I try to compile using this library I get the following: John> g++ -g -O2 -o bin/ac2gi atlas/cpp/src/apps/ac2gi.o John> lib/.libs/libseqget.a /usr/local/mysql/lib/libmysqlclient.a John> /flash/home/jling/install/lib/libubic.a -lz John> collect2: /flash/home/jling/install/lib/libubic.a: not a COFF file John> make: *** [bin/ac2gi] Error 1 John> What does it take to get that library into COFF format? "not a COFF file" in this instance probably means that it's empty. When you built the library, where did it actually load the object files? It is better to avoid libtool for exactly these types of problems. David
