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[netCDF #FFP-769165]: zlib--> Checking for vsnprintf() in stdio.h... No.

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  • Subject: [netCDF #FFP-769165]: zlib--> Checking for vsnprintf() in stdio.h... No.
  • Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:56:39 -0600
Hi Dessy,

> I am writing concerning my problems on netcdf after updating to OSX
> Yosemite 10.10.1.Then I restart from the very start:
> 
> - reinstall Xcode with the newer version: Version 6.2 (6C131e) instead of
> Version 6.3
> - reinstall command line tools Version 6.2 (6C131e)
> - reinstall gcc from gcc-5.0-bin.tar.gz
> - reconfigure zlib-1.2.8; hereafter I get the followings warning:

Could you tell us what version of netCDF you are trying to install?
The latest released and supported version of the netCDF C library
is 4.3.3.1.

You shouldn't need to install gcc. OSX has free XCode developer
tools, available for download from the "App Store", that include
/usr/bin/gcc (which is the same as /usr/bin/cc or /usr/bin/clang).

That's the compiler we test with.

> Checking for gcc...
> Checking for shared library support...
> No shared library support.
> Building static library libz.a version 1.2.8 with gcc.

The gcc/cc/clang compiler you get with OSX Xcode tools does support
shared libraries, which is a feature that makes it easier to link
applications with the netCDF software.

> Checking for off64_t... No.
> Checking for fseeko... No.
> Checking for strerror... No.
> Checking for unistd.h... Yes.
> Checking for stdarg.h... Yes.
> Checking whether to use vs[n]printf() or s[n]printf()... using vs[n]printf().
> Checking for vsnprintf() in stdio.h... No.
>   WARNING: vsnprintf() not found, falling back to vsprintf(). zlib
>   can build but will be open to possible buffer-overflow security
>   vulnerabilities.

It looks like there is something wrong with your gcc installation.

> Checking for return value of vsprintf()... Yes.
> Checking for attribute(visibility) support... Yes.

If you continue to have problems building and installing
after downloading the OSX Xcode tools and associated command-line
tools, please send us a copy of the config.log file created when
you run the netCDF configure script.

Another easy way you can get a recent version of the netCDF 
libraries and utilities installed is by using a package management 
system, such as homebrew: http://brew.sh/ . This automatically
detects other software you need, such as zlib, and installs it
first.

--Russ


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



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: FFP-769165
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed