compiling gmp-4.1.2 with msys error: libtool: link: `mp_bases.lo' is not a valid libtool object

[Kevin Ryde]

DH <crazyinsomniac at yahoo.com> writes:
>
> I'm trying to build gmp-4.1.2.tar.gz,
> after ./configure, and make, and a gamut of screen output, i'm
> faced with

Bug reports belong on bug-gmp, not gmp-discuss.

> libtool: link: `mp_bases.lo' is not a valid libtool object

You'll have to look to see what seems to be wrong with it.

> make[2]: Leaving directory `/cygdrive/c/new/gmp-4.1.2/mpn'

Mixing cygwin and mingw tools is probably not a good idea, if that's
what you may be ending up with.