LLVM build fails with "libtool: unrecognized option `-static'"

[prokash]

I downloaded the source on 1/26/2018. It does have lot more help. But I'm having problem with the LLVM part of the whole build ---

[  1%] Performing build step for 'llvm-project'
[  0%] Linking CXX static library ../libLLVMSupport.a
libtool: unrecognized option `-static'
libtool: Try `libtool --help' for more information.
make[5]: *** [lib/libLLVMSupport.a] Error 1
make[4]: *** [lib/Support/CMakeFiles/LLVMSupport.dir/all] Error 2
make[3]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: *** [external/src/llvm-project-stamp/llvm-project-build] Error 2
make[1]: *** [deps/llvm/CMakeFiles/llvm-project.dir/all] Error 2

Now if I go directly to the source of this external component and issue a make, I get --

[  0%] Linking CXX static library ../libLLVMSupport.a
libtool: unrecognized option `-static'
libtool: Try `libtool --help' for more information.
make[2]: *** [lib/libLLVMSupport.a] Error 1
make[1]: *** [lib/Support/CMakeFiles/LLVMSupport.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

So is anyone else seeing this on OS X 10.11 build environment ???

Thanks in advance,
Prokash

[PeterMatula]

What does command which libtool return?

[prokash]

Thanks for change of Title!
I guess that also answers PeterMatula's Question ...

[prokash]

BTW, any pointers is well appreciated, since I could not use any of the shelf built binaries of this for Mac.

[s3rvac]

@prokash I suspect that you have an incompatible version of libtool in your PATH (e.g. GNU libtool from MacPorts or Homebrew). You will need to adjust your PATH so that libtool runs /usr/bin/libtool that comes from Xcode (running which libtool should print /usr/bin/libtool). For more details, see the following links

• https://coderwall.com/p/nmgkyw/libv8-install-fails-with-libtool-unrecognized-option-static-error
• libtool: unrecognized option -static when building nodejs/node#2341 (comment)
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38301930/libtool-unrecognized-option-static/38552393
• http://flummox-engineering.blogspot.com/2014/04/libtool-unrecognized-option-static.html

Let us know if this solved the build issue.

[s3rvac]

I am closing the issue as there was no reaction in the past 14 days. If the hint above did not fix the build issue for you, feel free to reopen.