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------- Forwarded Message Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:26:28 -0600 From: Russ Rew <address@hidden> To: Ben Foster <address@hidden> Subject: Re: undefined ref to __ctype_b >To: address@hidden >From: Ben Foster <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: 20040413: undefined ref to __ctype_b >Organization: NCAR/HAO >Keywords: 200404132011.i3DKBdCT009593 Hi Ben, > I am compiling an f90 code that links libnetcdf.a -- the source files > compile fine using pgf90, but I get the following problem when linking: > > > /opt/local/lib/libnetcdf.a(string.o)(.text+0x37): In function `NC_check_name': > : undefined reference to `__ctype_b' > gmake: *** [tiegcm1] Error 2 > (suncat) tiegcm : > > > This is on the following Linux system: > > (suncat) include : uname -a > Linux suncat 2.4.20-30.9smp #1 SMP Wed Feb 4 20:36:46 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 > GNU/Linux > > This system does have a ctype.h in /usr/include, which has __ctype_b as > follows: > > (suncat) include : pwd > /usr/include > (suncat) include : fgrep __ctype_b ctype.h > extern __const unsigned short int **__ctype_b_loc (void) > ((*__ctype_b_loc ())[(int) (c)] & (unsigned short int) type) > ((locale)->__ctype_b[(int) (c)] & (unsigned short int) type) > (suncat) include : > > BTW, I am using the following in the Makefile: > > FC = pgf90 > FFLAGS = -I/opt/local/include -Msecond_underscore > LIBS = -L/opt/local/lib -lnetcdf > LDFLAGS = I think the problem is that you just copied a libnetcdf.a built on a RedHat 8 system to a RedHat 9 system. Instead, I think you have to recompile and install the library from source for RedHat 9. See these previous support responses: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/aglimpse/70?query=__ctype_b&case=on&errors=0&maxfiles=10 --Russ ------- End of Forwarded Message