@mandrake 10.0
trying to compile, and so it goes...

[root@redqueen GeoIP-1.3.8]# ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake-1.4... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for Cygwin environment... no
checking for mingw32 environment... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking for ld used by GCC... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for BSD-compatible nm... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking how to recognise dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for object suffix... o
checking for executable suffix... no
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output... failed
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for strip... strip
checking for objdir... .libs
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.lo... yes
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... yes
checking whether the linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
creating libtool
Enabling GeoIP City Edition support
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for gethostbyname_r... yes
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating Makefile
creating GeoIP.spec
creating libGeoIP/Makefile
creating apps/Makefile
creating conf/Makefile
creating data/Makefile
creating man/Makefile
creating test/Makefile
[root@redqueen GeoIP-1.3.8]# make
Making all in libGeoIP
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/kalev/hub_inst/unpacked/GeoIP-1.3.8/libGeoIP'
/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DPACKAGE=\"GeoIP\" #define\ VERSION\ \"1.3.8\" -DHA=VE_DLFCN_H\ 1 -DHA=VE_STDINT_H\ 1 -DHA=VE_GETHOSTBYNAME\ 1 -DHA=VE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R\ 1 -DGE=THOSTBYNAME_R_RETURNS_INT\ 1 -DDEFA=ULT_DBDIR\ \"NONE/share/GeoIP\" -I. -I. -DGEOIPDATADIR=\"/usr/local/share/GeoIP\" -Wall -g -O2 -c GeoIP.c
libtool: compile: cannot determine name of library object from `-DPACKAGE="GeoIP"'
make[1]: *** [GeoIP.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/kalev/hub_inst/unpacked/GeoIP-1.3.8/libGeoIP'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

[root@redqueen GeoIP-1.3.8]#

does anybody have any ideas, what might be wrong ?
(and plz, don't tell me to change distro)

rgdz
t

Hi,
Install GeoIP.lo

EDIT : This is an old thread, dated 2005.

Please don't resurrect threads that old.

And besides that, the answer in post #2 isn't correct.


( The current stable is GeoIP-1.4.6 ).
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