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960506: netCDF under IRIX 6.2?

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  • Subject: 960506: netCDF under IRIX 6.2?
  • Date: Mon, 06 May 96 11:27:09 -0600
Mary,

>Keywords: 199605061510.AA22487

In the above message you wrote:

> > I removed the three lines, ran "./configure", and here's
> > the message I got:
> > 
> > cycad[125] ./configure
> > creating cache ./config.cache
> > checking for catman... no
> > checking for fill-value usage... new usage
> > checking the installation prefix... /data/cycad5/haley/netcdf-2.4.2
> > checking the installation exec-prefix... /data/cycad5/haley/netcdf-2.4.2
> > checking for c89... c89
> > checking type of operating system... irix64
> > checking type of machine... ip21
> > checking for ranlib... :
> > checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
> > checking the C preprocessor... works
> > checking for f77... f77
> > checking for CC... no
> > checking for CC... no
> > checking for cxx... no
> > checking for c++... c++
> > checking for yacc... yacc
> > checking for neqn... neqn
> > checking for tbl... tbl
> > checking for ar... ar
> > checking for makeinfo... no
> > checking for tar flags... -chof
> > checking for dependency generation mechanism... c89 -M
> > checking whether cross-compiling... yes
> > checking size of int... configure: error: can not run test program while 
> > cross compiling
> > cycad[126]  
> > 
> > Any ideas?

Check the file `config.log' in the top-level source directory.  An error
message like the above usually indicates a severe problem -- like the
compiler can't be invoked.  There should be a very serious error message
in the file that gives the reason.

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Steve Emmerson   <address@hidden>