Linker problem: file was built for archive which is not the architecture being linked

[paresy]

I have a problem with the linker, which i was unable to resolve in the last days. It might be a bug within the linker or my configuration, but i am stuck and digging in the linker source code is the least favorite thing i'd like to do...

At first: The same test works on OSX when using clang++ instead of o64-clang++

Building the library is fine. Compiling and linking the example fails with the following errors:

ld: warning: ignoring file ../build/libJsonBox.a, file was built for archive which is not the architecture being linked (x86_64): ../build/libJsonBox.a
... lots of undefined reference errors
ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64

I have used ranlib on the library. I have checked the architecture with otool/lipo and everything looks just right. It is definitly X86_64.

You can use this small test to verify the problem. (Same happens if you statically compile Boost and then want to link to it)

git clone https://github.com/paresy/JsonBox -b test jsonbox
cd jsonbox
make CXX=o64-clang++
cd examples
o64-clang++ main.cpp -I../include -L../build -lJsonBox

Any hints would be really appreciated.

Michael

[tpoechtrager]

You must use the correct ar (archiver), e.g.:

make CXX=o64-clang++ AR=x86_64-apple-darwin1X-ar

Otherwises it uses the system ar and won't work.

[paresy]

Thanks! That fixes the problem. I should have thought about that...

And thank you for this great project!