Makefile error in simple library

2014-08-19 Thread Arthur Schwarz
I'm trying to build and distribute a static library and keep getting a warning: 'libslip.a': linking libraries using a non-POSIX archiver requires AM_PROG_AR' in 'configure.ac' message. I don't know why. The configure.ac lines in question are: (I think) AC_CONFIG_FILES([ Makefile

Re: Makefile error in simple library

2014-08-19 Thread Gavin Smith
You are getting an error message that says that AM_PROG_AR is required in configure.ac. You have AM_PROG_AR in configure.ac, but it has a #' in front of it, which could be why you are still getting this error message. It's likely that that it is being interpreted as a comment and not recognized as