#9871: Update Cliquer to the latest version (1.21) and get the library buiilding
properly on Solaris.
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: GeorgSWeber
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: critical | Milestone: sage-4.6
Component: build | Keywords:
Author: David Kirkby | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Merged:
Work_issues: |
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Changes (by drkirkby):
* status: needs_work => needs_review
Old description:
> As documented at #9833, the Cliquer library is causing problems on 64-bit
> Solaris and 64-bit !OpenSolaris. This needs '''urgently''' resolving, as
> it is the first problem hit when building a 64-bit version of Sage on
> Solaris or !OpenSolaris.
>
> As documented at #9521, the test suite for Cliquer is not run correctly.
> It should generally be run from {{{spkg-install}}}, but given it takes
> only a few seconds to run on even slow hardware, it makes sense to run
> the tests each time Sage is built.
>
> The upstream source code has modifications too. Given the latest version
> is a bug-fix only release, it is wise to update this. (Rather
> confusingly, the version currently in Sage is 1.2, but the bug-fix
> release is 1.21. I believe the authors should have called it 1.2.1) See
> http://users.tkk.fi/pat/cliquer.html
>
> '''There are a number of other issues with Cliquer's spkg-install and
> Makefile. These are the subject of ticket #9870 and will NOT be addressed
> here to save time, and allow the critical Solaris fix to be integrated as
> soon as possible.'''
>
> The changes which are made are:
> * Change the compiler options for Solaris from
>
> {{{-G -Bdynamic}}}
>
> to
>
> {{{-shared}}}
>
> as this avoid the fatal relocation error documented at #9833.
> * Update the source code to the latest version.
> * Run the test cases every time Sage is built, as they take only a few
> seconds to run. Since the exit code of {{{make test}}} is always zero,
> even if tests fail, it was decided to save the output of {{{make test}}}
> into a file, then check for the word "ERROR" in that file. If it exists,
> a test has failed. If not, all tests have passed.
> * Add correct compiler flags for AIX and HP-UX. These have not been
> checked, but should work.
> * Add an {{{spkg-check}}} file which prints a message that the self-
> tests are run each time Sage is built.
> * Copy the shared library to the filename {{{libcliquer.sl}}} on HP-UX,
> as that is the extension HP use for shared libraries. (The package
> currently always builds this as {{{libcliquer.so}}} on all platforms),
> despite that is wrong for several platforms. Most cases are already
> covered in {{{spkg-install}}}, but HP-UX was not.
>
> The updated package can be found at
>
> http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/kirkby/patches/cliquer-1.21.spkg
New description:
As documented at #9833, the Cliquer library is causing problems on 64-bit
Solaris and 64-bit !OpenSolaris. This needs '''urgently''' resolving, as
it is the first problem hit when building a 64-bit version of Sage on
Solaris or !OpenSolaris.
As documented at #9521, the test suite for Cliquer is not run correctly.
It should generally be run from {{{spkg-install}}}, but given it takes
only a few seconds to run on even slow hardware, it makes sense to run the
tests each time Sage is built.
The upstream source code has modifications too. Given the latest version
is a bug-fix only release, it is wise to update this. (Rather confusingly,
the version currently in Sage is 1.2, but the bug-fix release is 1.21. I
believe the authors should have called it 1.2.1) See
http://users.tkk.fi/pat/cliquer.html
'''There are a number of other issues with Cliquer's spkg-install and
Makefile. These are the subject of ticket #9870 and will NOT be addressed
here to save time, and allow the critical Solaris fix to be integrated as
soon as possible.'''
The changes which are made are:
* Update the source code to the latest version.
* Change the compiler options for Solaris from
{{{-G -Bdynamic}}}
to
{{{-shared}}}
as this avoid the fatal relocation error documented at #9833.
* Run the test cases every time Sage is built, as they take only a few
seconds to run. Since the exit code of {{{make test}}} is always zero,
even if tests fail, it was decided to save the output of {{{make test}}}
into a file, then check for the word "ERROR" in that file. If it exists, a
test has failed. If not, all tests have passed.
* Add correct compiler flags for AIX and HP-UX. These have not been
checked, but should work.
* Add an {{{spkg-check}}} file which prints a message that the self-tests
are run each time Sage is built.
* Copy the shared library to the filename {{{libcliquer.sl}}} on HP-UX,
as that is the extension HP use for shared libraries. (The package
currently always builds this as {{{libcliquer.so}}} on all platforms),
despite that is wrong for several platforms. Most cases are already
covered in {{{spkg-install}}}, but HP-UX was not.
* Rename the directory {{{patch}}} to {{{patches}}}
* Put the directory {{{patches}}} and revision control - previously
{{{patch}}} was in .hgignore
The updated package can be found at
http://boxen.math.washington.edu/home/kirkby/patches/cliquer-1.21.spkg
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