Re: your mail

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@mailhost.uni-koblenz.de>]

> % mips-linux-gcc  -o pwgen pwgen.o -lm
> /usr/local/mips-linux/lib/libc.a: could not read symbols: Archive has no
> index; run ranlib to add one
> 
> running mips-linux-ranlib on the given file does not change anything.
> (ie: still getting the same message)
> 
> Did I do anything wrong, or is this a problem in the Linux/SGI glibc?

No.  Looks as if your lib still isn't correctly installed.  If ranlib
doesn't help, then your libc.a is probably corrupted into a zero lenght
file.

  Ralf