libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

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libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby jinlsg » 22 Sep 2012 16:01

recently,when i build vlc on mac lion by Xcode 4.4. i Always get this error:
libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration
libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
make[5]: *** [libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la-eyetv.lo] Error 1
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
how i can fix it?
thanks

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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby fkuehne » 24 Sep 2012 12:45

Remove your current checkout or run "make distclean" to do a clean cut, get the latest version of the source and try again.
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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby sylvain.berger » 08 Oct 2012 07:12

I also have the same error:

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CCLD libvlc_srtp.la CCLD librtp_plugin.la CC libcdda_plugin_la-cdda.lo OBJC libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la-eyetv.lo CC libcdda_plugin_la-cdrom.lo CC libdvdnav_plugin_la-dvdnav.lo libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag' make[5]: *** [libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la-eyetv.lo] Error 1 make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2
I made a "make distclean"
git pull to get the latest version
ran configure again
This is the info I get after the confogure

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libvlc configuration -------------------- version : 2.1.0-git system : darwin architecture : x86_64 mmx sse sse2 optimizations : yes vlc aliases : cvlc rvlc

before running the make I made sure I was using the libtool executable included in vlc

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sylvain.berger build/$ which libtool /Users/sylvain.berger/Dev/openSource/vlc/extras/tools/build/bin//libtool
And I get the error... I have googled all over trying to find a solution but I am still out of luck

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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby fkuehne » 08 Oct 2012 15:10

This was caused by a bug in our build system. Please update your git checkout, run bootstrap and configure again. Afterwards, it should be working now.
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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby sylvain.berger » 10 Oct 2012 01:47

I redid the entire build from a clean pull and now I get a similar error with "libdvdnav_plugin_la-dvdnav.lo"

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CCLD libvlc_srtp.la CCLD librtp_plugin.la CC libcdda_plugin_la-cdda.lo CC libcdda_plugin_la-cdrom.lo OBJC libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la-eyetv.lo CC libdvdnav_plugin_la-dvdnav.lo libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag' make[5]: *** [libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la-eyetv.lo] Error 1 make[5]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs.... make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make: *** [all] Error 2

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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby fkuehne » 10 Oct 2012 13:03

Sorry, I forgot to push another patch yesterday. Please update your git checkout (git pull --rebase) navigate to extras/tools, run "make clean && make" and bootstrap, configure, make VLC again. This way, it will work.
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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby sylvain.berger » 12 Oct 2012 01:12

I pulled and did what you suggested but still get the same exact error.

I then tried from scratch by pulling a clean copy of the repo.
my repo is at this commit at the time of writing this message:
commit 5b1d18e73415d0e6442387dd8140685e73429db5
Author: Pierre Ynard <linkfanel@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri Oct 12 00:50:26 2012 +0200

and it failed with the exact same error again.

Is there a log I could provided that would help you diagnose the bug?

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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby make4ppc » 18 Oct 2012 08:27

I am trying to build vlc from the git repository on a power Mac G5 running OS X Leopard 10.5.8.
I have the commit from 2012-10-17 08:54:59 SHA1 ID: 4a8d38843ad4012e2ea0c75e0c485edd6a41ce07

I am using make from the command line, not Xcode.

I saw these error messages:

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OBJC libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la-eyetv.lo libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration libtool: compile: specify a tag with `--tag'
I worked around this problem by adding the following line to modules/access/Modules.am --

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libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --tag=CC

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Re: libtool: compile: unable to infer tagged configuration

Postby crackstone » 02 Nov 2012 11:59

I worked around this problem by adding the following line to modules/access/Modules.am --

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libaccess_eyetv_plugin_la_LIBTOOLFLAGS = --tag=CC
This works for 64bit builds: x86_64-apple-darwin11
You additionally need to add the tag for qtcapture and qtsound as well.
OR don't edit Modules.am and correctly set your environment

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$ export CC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc $ export CXX=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/c++ $ export OBJC=/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc
However I'm still getting Errors for 32bit builds such as: http://pastebin.com/1q0XDAuU

I'm on Mac OS X 10.8.2


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