Re: 19990304: netCDF 3.4 SunOS 5.5/Sparc configure problem: conftest.c

Dale,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Dale Roblin <address@hidden>
> Subject: error mesasges
> Organization: .
> Keywords: 199903041036.DAA29741

In the above message, you wrote:

> I have included items A through E and my current environment variables:
> 
> A.    dale@gps1>uname -a
>         SunOS gps1 5.5 Generic sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
> 
> B.    dale@gps1>cat VERSION
>         3.4
> 
> C.    dale@gps1>type CC
>         CC is /usr/bin/CC
>         dale@gps1>type f77
>         f77 is /usr/bin/f77
> 
> D.    dale@gps1>./configure --prefix=/opt >&! configure.log
>         dale@gps1>cat configure.log
>         creating cache ./config.cache
>         checking for m4... m4
>         checking user-defined C compiler "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC"
>         checking C compiler... works
>         checking how to make dependencies... cc -xM
>         checking for /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC... /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC
>         checking C++ compiler "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC"... works
>         checking how to run the C preprocessor... /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC
> - -E
>         checking user-defined Fortran compiler
> "/opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77"... works
>         checking for Fortran .F compiler...
>         checking if Fortran compiler handles *.F files... yes
>         checking for C-equivalent to Fortran routine "SUB"... sub_
>         checking for Fortran "byte"... yes
>         checking for Fortran "integer*2"... yes
>         checking if Fortran "byte" is C "signed char"... configure:
> error: Could not compile conftest.c
> 
> E.    dale@gps1>cat config.log
>         This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
>         running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a
> mistake.
> 
>         configure:1020: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -c -g -DNDEBUG conftest.c
> 1>&5
>         configure:1153: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -c  -DNDEBUG conftest.C
> 1>&5
>         configure:1220: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -E -DNDEBUG conftest.c
> >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
>         configure:1319: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77 -c -g -w conftest.f
>         conftest.f:
>          MAIN:
>         configure:1422: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77 -o conftest -g -w
> conftest.F
>         /tmp/cpp.17924.0.f:
>          MAIN:
>         configure:1463: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77 -c -g -w conftest.f
>         conftest.f:
>          MAIN:
>         configure:1498: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77 -c -g -w conftest.f
>         conftest.f:
>                 sub:
>         configure:1521: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77 -c -g -w conftest.f
>         conftest.f:
>                 sub:
>         configure:1555: /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -c -DNDEBUG -g conftest.c
>         "conftest.c", line 1: Error: values is not defined.
>         "conftest.c", line 4: Error: The function exit must have a
> prototype.
>         "conftest.c", line 5: Error: "}" expected instead of EOF.
> 3 Error(s) detected.

I believe your problem is due to the environment variable CC being set
to /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC -- which is a C++ compiler -- rather that to, for
example, /opt/SUNWspro/bin/c89 -- which is a C compiler.  This caused
the configure script to use the C++ compiler as the C compiler -- with
the resulting consequences.

Please try steps 2 through 9 near the end of the INSTALL file.  At step 
5, set your environment variables as follows:

    CC          /opt/SUNWspro/bin/c89
    CPPFLAGS    -DNDEBUG
    CFLAGS      -O
    FC          /opt/SUNWspro/bin/f77
    FFLAGS      "-O -erroff=WDECL_LOCAL_NOTUSED"
    CXX         /opt/SUNWspro/bin/CC

Please let me know if this helps.

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Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>