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[netCDF #NAH-825145]: NETCDF4 installation problem in AIX 7.1

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  • Subject: [netCDF #NAH-825145]: NETCDF4 installation problem in AIX 7.1
  • Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2013 06:52:50 -0700
> > No, any version of xlc should work OK for any version of netCDF.  What you
> > need to do is
> > look at the config.log file and find the error message associated with the
> > configure test
> > "checking whether the C compiler works", to see why it didn't work.  If
> > you can't find the
> > problem in the config.log file, just send that file to us and we'll look
> > at it.
> 
> *
> *
> *Attaching the config.log file. *

Thanks, here's the relevant part of the config.log file, the result of the 
configure script trying to compile a very simple 
C program file containing a program that does nothing but return a program 
status:

  configure:4489: checking whether the C compiler works
  configure:4511: xlc -qmaxmem=16384 -DSYSV -D_AIX -D_AIX32 -D_AIX41 -D_AIX43 
-D_AIX51-D_AIX52 -D_AIX53 -D_AIX61 -  D_AIX71 -D_ALL_SOURCE -DFUNCPROTO=15 -O 
-I/opt/freeware/include  -L/opt/freeware/lib64 -L/opt/freeware/lib --Wl,-  
blibpath:/opt/freeware/lib64:/opt/freeware/lib:/usr/lib:/lib 
-Wl,-bmaxdata:0x80000000 conftest.c  >&5
  xlc: 1501-216 (W) command option 
--Wl,-blibpath:/opt/freeware/lib64:/opt/freeware/lib:/usr/lib:/lib is not 
recognized - passed   to ld
  1506-261 (W) Suboption _AIX51-D_AIX52 is not valid for option D.
  ld: 0706-012 The -- flag is not recognized.
  ld: 0706-012 The -W flag is not recognized.
  ld: 0706-006 Cannot find or open library file: -l 
,-blibpath:/opt/freeware/lib64:/opt/freeware/lib:/usr/lib:/lib
        ld:open(): No such file or directory
  configure:4515: $? = 255
  configure:4553: result: no

It looks like Linux-specific flags (and possibly gcc-specific) compiler options 
are being used with xlc.  
In particular, the "--Wl," syntax used to pass options to the loader is not 
recognized by xlc.

It's possible that you have some environment variables set, such as CFLAGS, 
CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, LDLIBS, 
and others, that are not appropriate for xlc.  Other possibilities are that you 
have an alias for xlc that adds 
some of these options, or an xlc shell script in your path that invokes xlc 
with additional options.

Could you look at the environment variables you have set before invoking the 
configure script to see if they are
interfering with xlc?  The problem is whatever is causing these extra options 
to be passed to xlc ...

--Russ

> 
> 
> Sometimes
> > it's just a simple problem, such as that the compiler is not requires a
> > license or it's
> > not configured correctly.  Make sure you can use xlc to compile a simple C
> > program before
> > you try to use it to build netCDF.
> >
> 
> *
> *
> *The xlc is perfectly compiled with simple program.*
> 
> 
> 
> >
> > --Russ
> >
> > Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> > address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: NAH-825145
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 

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



Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: NAH-825145
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed