All, We will be coming with a patch release to address the issue (should be before March 31, 2012). Stay tune.
Elena ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Elena Pourmal The HDF Group http://hdfgroup.org 1800 So. Oak St., Suite 203, Champaign IL 61820 217.531.6112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Mar 5, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK) wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello George, Hello Elena, > > Am 04.03.2012 22:48, schrieb George N. White III: >> On 3/2/12, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK) >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I was able to track them down to configure.ac: If the compiler >>> path in $CC contained a dash (-) and $CC contained no flags, the >>> full compiler path was added to the front of the CFLAGS. As a >>> consequence, icc could not link anymore. >> >> You are not the only one to encounter this problem, On MacOSX >> using macports, the compilers have names like gcc-mp-4.6,and can >> produce invalid $CFLAGS as you describe. A workaround is to >> provide "wrapper" scripts. e.g. gccmp46 contains "exec gcc-mp-4.6 >> "$@"" > > Good to know. I did not think of that way to get it to work :) > >> I looked at hdf-4.2.6 and the same problem applies to F77 there, >> so probably in hdf-4.2.7 as well. > > F77 worked for me (ifort), but that could just be blind luck… > >>> PS: Sorry for only jumping in here without introduction. I just >>> thought it better to send the patch to you instead of letting it >>> rot on my disk, and hdf-forum was the most fitting address I >>> could find. >> >> I have been meaning to look into this problem but since there is a >> workaround it was low priority. Open source projects need efforts >> of people like you who make the effort to understand problems and >> suggest fixes. Thanks. > > Well, actually I started with rewriting the Makefiles. When I realized > that that would become a bit tedious, I remembered the autotools > lessons I learned to compile stuff for the Hurd :) > > I’m glad my patch helps! > > Also this is one of the big advantages of free software: I spent over > 2 months wading through various compiler problems on the cluster, so I > learned bit by bit how to trace down problems appearing on this > machine. I would not expect primary developers to actually do that > work (which includes finding the right compiler-flags for all the > different libraries and such - forgetting -fPIC really hurts :) ). > > Best wishes and thanks for the warm welcome! > Arne > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPVNHrAAoJEFyD82SnDaCeoVcH/jLdhc3qpSK1FIDtx0EJpV2Q > 71mj1lT3QxVcDGukUxr10g9nFbOWnBP9AwTqupsdBaaUr27EltTAcRrSAHI9EX+l > 7OJMi+nMdRWv7a7n/YuIn+4KIMUSgiWq5zeKnw3D5G5QuNNdiPyzkLVe/2gwgun6 > F3VbVblsZofI9xCH0MY/ZsekLJWr+S6YUjmGIcHwdgrxTMYdZXLzjaspbv+aRjdw > nKwpQMQKw/RZvH5y21ATNnyeWXMZ0eTLrzYHTicLu6H5H9jWPz64diqU5kPaOSgD > loOvt1+HfM6FbA9zDflJLeRPrjepbEgcmScSoOolCHzg0q6iOm4b8uuEWSAoaVE= > =5J/x > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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