Problems building libdap and bes on Intel MAC

[Patrick West]

We're having problems here building on an Intel MAC. I've had this 
problem before, but can't remember how it got resolved. If anyone has 
seen this before and could let me know how you resolved it, I would 
appreciate it. Here's some of the details:

Here is the error message when building libdap:

/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2   -o libgnu.la   strnlen1.lo 
mbchar.lo regex.lo strcasecmp.lo  -L/usr/lib -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lz 
-L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -lpthread -liconv -lm -lpthread
ar cru .libs/libgnu.a .libs/strnlen1.o .libs/mbchar.o .libs/regex.o 
.libs/strcasecmp.o
ranlib: unrecognized option `-q'
Try `ranlib --help' for more information.
ar: internal ranlib command failed
make[3]: *** [libgnu.la] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

And this is what is installed:
libtool -V
Apple Computer, Inc. version cctools-622.5

ranlib is installed as a link to libtool
lrwxr-xr-x   1 root  wheel       7 Feb  1 11:39 /usr/bin/ranlib -> libtool

autoreconf --version
autoreconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.59
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

ld -v
Apple Computer, Inc. version cctools-622.5.obj~13

gcc version is 4.0.1

Realized that the gnu libtool, ranlib, libtoolize are installed in 
/usr/local/bin, so stuck that on the front of the path, only to get the 
following error:

/bin/sh ../libtool --mode=link gcc  -g -O2   -o libgnu.la   strnlen1.lo 
mbchar.lo regex.lo strcasecmp.lo  -L/usr/lib -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lz 
-L/usr/lib -lxml2 -lz -lpthread -liconv -lm -lpthread
rm -fr  .libs/libgnu.a
ar cru .libs/libgnu.a .libs/strnlen1.o .libs/mbchar.o .libs/regex.o 
.libs/strcasecmp.o
ar: .libs/libgnu.a: Invalid operation
make[3]: *** [libgnu.la] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

Patrick West
UCAR/HAO