build issue on AIX with IBMs complier

[Pete Lancashire]

oslevel -s 7100-03-03-1415
/usr/bin/ld: LD 7.1.3(4/1/14)
IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V12.1 (5765-J02, 5725-C72)
Version: 12.01.0000.0000
Driver Version: 12.01(C/C++) Level: 120315
C Front End Version: 12.01(C/C++) Level: 120322
C++ Front End Version: 12.01(C/C++) Level: 120315
High-Level Optimizer Version: 12.01(C/C++) and 14.01(Fortran) Level: 120315
Low-Level Optimizer Version: 12.01(C/C++) and 14.01(Fortran) Level: 120321

PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/home/buildsw/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:.:/usr/vac/bin:/usr/vacpp/bin

OBJECT_MODE 64

CC xlc_r
CFLAGS -O3 -qmaxmem=-1 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qcache=auto -I/usr/local/include
LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib64 -L/usr/local/lib -bmaxdata:0x80000000 -brtl
CXX xlc++_r
CXXFLAGS -O3 -qmaxmem=-1 -qarch=pwr7 -qtune=pwr7 -qcache=auto -DSYSV -D_AIX -D_AIX71 -D_ALL_SOURCE -DFUNCPROTO=15 -O5 -I/usr/local/include

make check

make[2]: Entering directory '/home/buildsw/packages/xz-5.2.1/tests'
Could not load program /home/buildsw/packages/xz-5.2.1/tests/.libs/lt-test_check:
Dependent module /home/buildsw/packages/xz-5.2.1/src/liblzma/.libs/liblzma.a(liblzma.so.5) could not be loaded.
Member liblzma.so.5 is not found in archive
FAIL: test_check

and the same for the others

[aix7test3:/home/buildsw/packages/xz-5.2.1]$ find . -name liblzma.a
./src/liblzma/.libs/liblzma.a

[aix7test3:/home/buildsw/packages/xz-5.2.1]$ find . -name liblzma.so.5
./src/liblzma/.libs/liblzma.so.5

[Lasse Collin]

I don't have much clue about the problem. Can you test if the problem occurs with other XZ Utils versions like 5.2.0, 5.0.8, or 5.0.5? The point of 5.0.5 is that it includes an older Libtool which might have something to do with this, but this is just a guess.

You could also test passing --disable-shared to configure which omits the shared version of liblzma. This is obviously not a solution but it could help debugging the issue.