Configure Error on OSX Catalina
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Hi,
At the configure stage I'm having an error. Here is what I have in the config.log :
configure:3851: checking for ar configure:3867: found /opt/local/bin/ar configure:3878: result: ar configure:3904: checking the archiver (ar) interface configure:3920: gcc -c -g -O2 conftest.c >&5 configure:3920: $? = 0 configure:3922: ar cru libconftest.a conftest.o >&5 /opt/local/bin/ranlib: object: libconftest.a(conftest.o) malformed object (unknown load command 1) ar: internal ranlib command failed configure:3925: $? = 1 configure:3931: ar -NOLOGO -OUT:conftest.lib conftest.o >&5 ar: illegal option -- N usage: ar -d [-TLsv] archive file ... ar -m [-TLsv] archive file ... ar -m [-abiTLsv] position archive file ... ar -p [-TLsv] archive [file ...] ar -q [-cTLsv] archive file ... ar -r [-cuTLsv] archive file ... ar -r [-abciuTLsv] position archive file ... ar -t [-TLsv] archive [file ...] ar -x [-ouTLsv] archive [file ...] configure:3934: $? = 1 configure:3953: result: unknown configure:3969: error: could not determine ar interface
I'm running OSX Catalina 10.15.4
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 19.4.0
uname -s = Darwin
uname -v = Darwin Kernel Version 19.4.0: Wed Mar 4 22:28:40 PST 2020; root:xnu-6153.101.6~15/RELEASE_X86_64
This is a bit weird, the ar on my OSX (I'm running High Sierra BTW, have a fairly old Macbook), resides at /usr/bin/ar, whereas your snippet seems to indicate /opt/local/bin/ar. I'm not sure if you've installed a third party GCC, or are using MacPorts.
Can you check if Apple's ar is present at /usr/bin/ar? If so, can you temporarily update your PATH to prefer /usr/bin over /opt/local/bin?
There's a similar reported issue in another project - see commercialhaskell/stack#4380 (comment)
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