#9986: MPFI fails to build on AIX 5.3 - appears not to know .a is the extension
for shared libraries on AIX
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: drkirkby
Type: defect | Status: needs_info
Priority: minor | Milestone: sage-4.7
Component: AIX or HP-UX ports | Keywords:
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Author:
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Comment(by drkirkby):
Replying to [comment:1 Snark]:
> Could you give MPFI's latest svn a try (outside of sage, I mean)?
>
> I have looked at their latest sources just this morning, and it looked
pretty good ; but I have no AIX box and only read the configure.ac...
Sure, my AIX box is not on now, but I'll try later.
I later found out that .so is a permitted extension for the libraries on
AIX, though all the systems libraries are .a. It appears the .a files can
have both static and shared objects in the same library - I don't fully
understand it, and are no AIX guru. I just have an old machine I bought
long ago to ensure my code was portable.
I'll give the svn a go later today after I've woke up properly and powered
up the RS/6000.
BTW, I'm not sure if you are an MPFI developer, but if so, and the latest
svn does not work, you are welcome to have an account on the AIX box to
try. Either way, on AIX, I think it would be useful if you permitted the
.a extension too.
Dave
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