20000707: can't link with the library on a SGI 6.3 (or 6.5)

Pascale,

> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 13:44:40 -0700 (14:44 MDT)
> From: Pascale Lherminier <address@hidden>
> To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
> Subject: can't link with the library on a SGI 6.3 (or 6.5)
> Keywords: 200007072044.e67KigT10888

In the above message, you wrote:

> I already bothered you a while ago concerning our J90. It works
> very well now, and I need the netcdf library on my SGI.
> I installed the netcdf library without any trouble. However,
> when I'm trying to compile a basic fortran program by the manual
> command
> 
> f77  -I/d/span9/pascale/NETCDF/netcdf-3.4/include 
> -L/d/span9/pascale/NETCDF/netcdf-3.4/lib -lnetcdf
> ncexample2.f
> 
> it follows :
> 
> ld32: WARNING 84 : /d/span9/pascale/NETCDF/netcdf-3.4/lib/libnetcdf.a is not 
> used for resolving any
> symbol.
> ld32: ERROR   33 : Unresolved text symbol "nf_create_" -- 1st referenced by 
> ncexample2.o.

It appears that you linker can't find the Fortran entry-points in the
netCDF library.  What does the following command produce on your system:

    /usr/bin/nm -rg /d/span9/pascale/NETCDF/netcdf-3.4/lib/libnetcdf.a | grep 
nf_create

On my IRIX 6.5 system, the equivalent command produces the following:

    [57]    |         216|            |Proc    |ref=1             |Text     | 
fort-control.o:nf_create_

This indicates that the "fort-control.o" module in the netCDF library 
contains the entry-point "nf_create_" (which your linker didn't find in your
netCDF library).

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