[netCDF #BWS-886101]: Fwd: [Bug 926219] New: netcdf: Does not support aarch64 in f19 and rawhide

> On 03/27/2013 03:01 PM, Unidata netCDF Support wrote:
> > Hi Orion,
> >
> >> Please consider updating the netcdf autoconf/automake stuff to support ARM
> >> aarch64.  You'll need to run autoconf -f to recreate the config.* files if 
> >> you
> >> have them checked into revision control.
> >
> > Thanks for reporting this.  I've installed autoconf-2.69 and tried updating 
> > the
> > configure files and m4 files with
> >
> >    autoreconf -f -i
> >
> > and it seems to work fine.  We'll need a little more testing before putting 
> > the
> > updated configure files in the distribution, but barring unanticipated 
> > problems,
> > it will be in the 4.3.0 release.
> 
> Glad to hear it.  Also, apparently it is a newer automake that provides the
> new config.guess/config.sub files as I learned later.  As long as they have
> references to aarch64 we're good to go.  Thanks!

Yes, I forgot to mention that I also upgraded to automake 1.12.6 for my testing,
though I don't actually have an aarch64 platform on which to test it.  Maybe if
we get it in the next release candidate, you can try it and let us know if it
doesn't work.

--Russ

> config.guess:    aarch64:Linux:*:*)
> config.guess:    aarch64_be:Linux:*:*)
> config.guess:   UNAME_MACHINE=aarch64_be
> config.sub:     | aarch64 | aarch64_be \
> config.sub:     | aarch64-* | aarch64_be-* \
> 
> 
> >
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: [Bug 926219] New: netcdf: Does not support aarch64 in f19 and 
> >> rawhide
> >> Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:35:16 +0000
> >> From: address@hidden
> >> To: address@hidden
> >>
> >> Product: Fedora
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=926219
> >>
> >> Bug ID: 926219
> >> Summary: netcdf: Does not support aarch64 in f19 and rawhide
> >> Product: Fedora
> >> Version: rawhide
> >> Component: netcdf
> >> Severity: unspecified
> >> Priority: unspecified
> >> Assignee: address@hidden
> >> Reporter: address@hidden
> >> QA Contact: address@hidden
> >> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden,
> >> address@hidden, address@hidden
> >> Blocks: 922257 (ARM64)
> >>
> >> Support for the ARM 64 bit CPU architecture (aarch64) was introduced in
> >> autoconf 2.69.  netcdf appears to use an earlier version of
> >> autoconf, preventing its being built.  This can be fixed in of three ways 
> >> (In
> >> order of preference):
> >>
> >> 1. Work with upstream to migrate the package to autoconf 2.69.
> >>
> >> 2. Rerun autoconf or autoreconf in %prep or %build prior to running
> >> configure.
> >>
> >> 3. Apply the patch at
> >> http://ausil.fedorapeople.org/aarch64/netcdf/netcdf-aarch64.patch
> >> which updates config.guess and config.sub to recognize aarch64.
> >>
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> >>
> >
> > Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
> > address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: BWS-886101
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
> 
> 
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> Orion Poplawski
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> 

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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: BWS-886101
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed