I'm running into a problem while trying to build the latest net-snmp package with snmpv3 support (no ssl, and thus just MD5 password and no passphrase support)

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/bin/sh ../libtool  --mode=link /home/conteb/cvs/openwrt/buildroot/build_mipsel/staging_dir/bin/mipsel-linux-uclibc-gcc -Os -mips2  -Dlinux  -rpath /usr/lib -version-info 6:2:1 -o libnetsnmp.la snmp_client.lo mib.lo parse.lo snmp_api.lo snmp.lo snmp_auth.lo asn1.lo md5.lo snmp_parse_args.lo system.lo vacm.lo int64.lo read_config.lo snmp_debug.lo tools.lo  snmp_logging.lo snmpv3.lo lcd_time.lo keytools.lo scapi.lo callback.lo default_store.lo snmp_alarm.lo data_list.lo oid_stash.lo mt_support.lo snmp_enum.lo snmp-tc.lo snprintf.lo strlcpy.lo strtol.lo strtoul.lo snmp_transport.lo  snmpUDPDomain.lo snmpTCPDomain.lo snmpUnixDomain.lo snmpCallbackDomain.lo snmp_secmod.lo  snmpusm.lo snmp_version.lo check_varbind.lo container.lo container_binary_array.lo container_null.lo container_list_ssll.lo container_iterator.lo cmu_compat.lo ucd_compat.lo  @CRYPTOLIBS@
mkdir .libs
rm -fr .libs/libnetsnmp.la .libs/libnetsnmp.* .libs/libnetsnmp.*
/home/conteb/cvs/openwrt/buildroot/build_mipsel/staging_dir/bin/mipsel-linux-uclibc-ar cru .libs/libnetsnmp.a  snmp_client.o mib.o parse.o snmp_api.o snmp.o snmp_auth.o asn1.o md5.o snmp_parse_args.o system.o vacm.o int64.o read_config.o snmp_debug.o tools.o snmp_logging.o snmpv3.o lcd_time.o keytools.o scapi.o callback.o default_store.o snmp_alarm.o data_list.o oid_stash.o mt_support.o snmp_enum.o snmp-tc.o snprintf.o strlcpy.o strtol.o strtoul.o snmp_transport.o snmpUDPDomain.o snmpTCPDomain.o snmpUnixDomain.o snmpCallbackDomain.o snmp_secmod.o snmpusm.o snmp_version.o check_varbind.o container.o container_binary_array.o container_null.o container_list_ssll.o container_iterator.o cmu_compat.o ucd_compat.o
/home/conteb/cvs/openwrt/buildroot/build_mipsel/staging_dir/bin/mipsel-linux-uclibc-ranlib .libs/libnetsnmp.a
creating libnetsnmp.la
(cd .libs && rm -f libnetsnmp.la && ln -s ../libnetsnmp.la libnetsnmp.la)
/home/conteb/cvs/openwrt/buildroot/build_mipsel/staging_dir/bin/mipsel-linux-uclibc-ranlib libnetsnmp.la
/home/conteb/cvs/openwrt/buildroot/build_mipsel/staging_dir/bin/mipsel-linux-uclibc-ranlib: libnetsnmp.la: File format not recognized

If anyone has experienced this or has a clue. please let me know.  Otherwise if you need more info, please ask.