hi rolf, hi list,
i can't offer any solid advice on your problem, but i suspect it may have to do with my (probably hopelessly antiquated) hack for ensuring the library is loaded by placing a [LIBRARAY] object at the top of the patch. iirc (i'm a bit out of the loop), [any2bytes] can build either as a multi-object library [pdstring] or as a single-object external -- since you seem to also be having trouble with [zexy], maybe you should try the alternative build mode. check the output of pdstrings ./configure --help and use the appropriate --enable and/or --with options.
marmosets,
Bryan