[netCDF #BOZ-597307]: netcdf PGI build problem

Hi Lee,

> I'm trying to build netcdf-4.1.3 with PGI compilers.  I set env variables
> as follows:
> 
> export PATH=$PATH:/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin
> export PGI=/opt/pgi
> export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$PGI/man
> export LM_LICENSE_FILE=$PGI/license.dat
> export CC=/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgcc
> export FC=/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgf90
> export F90=/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgf90
> export CXX=/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgCC
> export CPPFLAGS="-DpgiFortran"
> export LD=/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgfortran
> export
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/local/lib:/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/lib
> export
> INCLUDE=/usr/include:/usr/local/include:/opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/include
> 
> When I run the configure script:
> 
> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --disable-netcdf-4
> 
> I get the following:
> 
> 
> configure: netCDF 4.1.3
> checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking target system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> configure: checking user options
> checking whether CXX is set to ''... no
> checking whether FC is set to ''... no
> checking whether F90 is set to ''... no
> checking whether a NCIO_MINBLOCKSIZE was specified... 256
> checking whether udunits is to be built... no
> checking if fsync support is enabled... yes
> checking whether extra valgrind tests should be run... no
> checking whether we should try to build netCDF-4... no
> checking whether libcf is to be built... no
> checking whether reading of HDF4 SD files is to be enabled... no
> checking whether to fetch some sample HDF4 files from Unidata ftp site to
> test HDF4 reading (requires wget)... no
> checking whether parallel I/O for classic and 64-bit offset files using
> parallel-netcdf is to be enabled... no
> checking whether new netCDF-4 C++ API is to be built... no
> checking whether extra example tests should be run... no
> checking whether parallel IO tests should be run... no
> checking whether a default chunk size in bytes was specified... 4194304
> checking whether a maximum per-variable cache size for HDF5 was
> specified... 67108864
> checking whether a number of chunks for the default per-variable cache was
> specified... 10
> checking whether a default file cache size for HDF5 was specified... 4194304
> checking whether a default file cache maximum number of elements for HDF5
> was specified... 1009
> checking whether a default cache preemption for HDF5 was specified... 0.75
> checking whether netCDF-4 logging is enabled... no
> checking whether cdmremote client is to be built... no
> checking whether DAP client is to be built... yes
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU
> checking for gcc... /opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgcc
> checking whether the C compiler works... no
> configure: error: in `/home/wrf/netcdf/netcdf-4.1.3':
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
> See `config.log' for more details
> 
> Here is config.log:

And here's the problem buried in the config.log output:

> configure:4489: checking whether the C compiler works
> configure:4511: /opt/pgi/linux86/9.0-4/bin/pgcc  -DpgiFortran  conftest.c
> >&5
> pgi-cc-lin32: LICENSE MANAGER PROBLEM: No such feature exists.
> Feature:       pgi-cc-lin32
> License path:  /opt/pgi/license.dat:
> FLEXnet Licensing error:-5,357
> For further information, refer to the FLEXnet Licensing documentation,
> available at "www.acresso.com".

It would probably be best to debug the license manager problem on a small
C program before trying i with netCDF-4.1.3.

I'd also recommend the more recent netCDF-4.2 or even 4.2.1-rc1 if you encounter
problems.

--Russ

Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BOZ-597307
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed