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951106: fortran test errors in installing netCDF

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  • Subject: 951106: fortran test errors in installing netCDF
  • Date: Mon, 06 Nov 95 15:25:52 -0700
Hongbo Qi,

> From: address@hidden (Hongbo Qi)
> Organization: Oregon State University
> Keywords: 199511062104.AA14920 netCDF Fortran jackets

In the above message you wrote:
 
>   I was installing netCDF on SunSparc 20 running Solaris 2.1. The installation
> process was smooth until I ran the Fortran test, it couldn't find the
> xdr_* definitions. What puzzled me is that these xdr_* variables do not seem
> to be included in the Fortran codes as showed by "grep xdr_enum *" in the
> ../fortran directory, but why does it still look for their definitions?
> I included a log file of compilation in the following, your help would be
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Hongbo Qi
> College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
> Oregon State University
...
> making `test' in directory /home/whiny/dat1/nscat/HDF/HDF3.3r4/mfhdf/fortran
> 
> ar rcuv ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a jackets.o mfsdf.o mfsdff.o
> ./fortc -L . -O sunos ftest.src > ftest.f
> f77 -c -O ftest.f
> ftest.f:
>  MAIN ftest:
>       tncacpy:
>       tncadel:
>       tncagt:
>       tncapt:
>  BLOCK DATA:
>       tncddef:
>       tncinq:
>       tncredf:
>       tncvdef:
>       tncvgt:
>       tncvgt1:
>       tncvpt:
>       tncvpt1:
> f77 -O ftest.o jackets.o mfsdf.o mfsdff.o -L../libsrc -lnetcdf 
> /home/whiny/dat1/nscat/HDF/HDF3.3r4/hdf/lib/libdf.a -o ftest
> Undefined                     first referenced
>  symbol                           in file
> xdr_enum                            ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(array.o)
> xdr_float                           ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(array.o)
> xdr_int                             ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(iarray.o)
> xdr_u_long                          ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(array.o)
> xdr_double                          ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(array.o)
> xdr_long                            ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(array.o)
> xdr_opaque                          ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a(array.o)
> ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to ftest
> *** Error code 1

I'll need more information.  Would you please send me the following:

    1.  Output from executing the configure script.

    2.  Output from executing the command `uname -a'

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>