All,

We will be coming with a patch release to address the issue (should be before 
March 31, 2012). Stay tune.

Elena

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On Mar 5, 2012, at 8:47 AM, Arne Babenhauserheide (IMK) wrote:

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> 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
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