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20040526: building UDUNITS on Linux using gcc: missing pow()

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  • Subject: 20040526: building UDUNITS on Linux using gcc: missing pow()
  • Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 10:40:38 -0600
Marcelo,

>Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 16:10:42 GMT
>From: Marcelo Barreiro <address@hidden>
>Organization: Princeton University
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20040526: building UDUNITS on Linux using gcc: missing pow()
> Keywords: 200405260358.i4Q3wWtK004490

The above message contained the following:

> Output of "make install"
> 
> make  =/usr/local/lib LIBDIR==/usr/local/lib
> make: *** empty variable name.  Stop.
> make: *** [install] Error 2

Apparently, the makefile macro LIBDIR is defined as "=/usr/local/lib" in
the makefile "port/misc/Makefile".  The equals-sign prefix is causing
the problem.  Why it has an equals-sign prefix is a puzzle.

It could happen if the "--prefix" option of the "configure" script was
specified with an extra equals-sign, e.g.

    ./configure --prefix==/usr/local

This can be checked by going to the top-level source directory and
executing the command

    grep exec_prefix config.status

If that's the case, then you'll have to do another "make distclean" and
rebuild the package.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson