Hi Everyone,
I had some recent build problems that were due to the fact I had installed a newer version of the cctools package. I have since reverted back to the original version provided with Xcode and was able to build things after that. Since then, however, I have discovered some other problems with libraries that were built with cctools-528.5. I first noticed problems when linking with mpich2 libraries I had built myself, so I rebuilt those. This morning, I discovered a problem with the python2.4 library:
ld: /sw/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(_sre.o) r_type field of relocation entry 1622 in section (__TEXT,__text) invalid
ld: /sw/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(_sre.o) stray relocation PPC_RELOC_PAIR entry (1623) in section (__TEXT,__text)
ld: /sw/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(_sre.o) r_type field of relocation entry 1624 in section (__TEXT,__text) invalid
ld: /sw/lib/python2.4/config/libpython2.4.a(_sre.o) stray relocation PPC_RELOC_PAIR entry (1625) in section (__TEXT,__text)
make[2]: *** [/Users/willic3/geoframe/build/bin/Darwin-7.x_ppc-shared,debug,mpi/ mpipython.exe] Error 1
It appears that libraries built with the newer version of cctools are not compatible with the version I have now. I'm afraid this means I'm going to be rebuilding a lot of fink-installed packages (I'm rebuilding python2.4 right now). The moral of the story is: Don't be impatient (as I was) and grab third-party developer tools that become the defaults. Fink's method of dealing with this is much better. The newer versions of the tools are only used when they are specifically requested. If you did install the newer cctools, you will probably run into some of the same problems I am having.
Charles
p.s. Rebuilding python2.4 fixed my link problems for the example above.
Charles A. Williams Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences Science Center, 2C01B Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 276-3369 FAX: (518) 276-2012 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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