On Dec 2, 2011, at 3:28 PM, Dave Allured wrote:
> [[Please fix your subject line]]
Sorry, my fault.
I am using the compiler that comes from Apple with XCode, which apparently is
4.2.
$ gcc -version
i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2: no input files
Ken
>
> Ken et al,
>
> My IT team also got a successful build of netCDF 4.1.3 with HDF-1.8.8 on Mac
> Pro with OS X 10.7.2. We did *not* get any conversion test failures like you
> did.
>
> This may be related to GCC version. We used GCC 4.5.3 from Mac Ports, not
> Apple default which is older, not 4.6.*. This may be a reasonable
> workaround. What C compiler are you using?
>
> mac27:/usr/local/src/hdf5-1.8.8 78> \
> ? grep gcc- install.gfortran
> compiler 'gcc' is GNU gcc-4.5.3
>
> mac27:/usr/local/src/hdf5-1.8.8 79> \
> ? grep -e 'hard.*long double.*char' install.gfortran
> Testing hard normalized long double -> signed char conversions PASSED
> Testing hard normalized long double -> unsigned char conversions PASSED
> Testing hard denormalized long double -> signed char conversions PASSED
> Testing hard denormalized long double -> unsigned char conversions PASSED
> Testing hard special long double -> signed char conversions PASSED
> Testing hard special long double -> unsigned char conversions PASSED
>
> Note there is a high priority bug, maybe related to GCC version, currently
> being addressed by the HDF group. The symptoms are similar to yours.
>
> http://mail.hdfgroup.org/pipermail/hdf-forum_hdfgroup.org/2011-November/005314.html
>
> --Dave
>
> On 12/2/2011 12:35 PM, Dr. Kenneth P. Bowman wrote:
>> FYI, I just tried building netCDF with HDF-1.8.8 on a Mac Pro
>> running OS X 10.7.2 (Lion).
>>
>> Zlib installs fine, but HDF5 will not build properly. I get the same
>> error running 'make check' whether I use HDF5-1.8.6, 1.8.7, or 1.8.8
>> (see below).
>>
>> The response from HDFGroup is "use OS X 10.6.8". Unfortunately all
>> new Macs come with 10.7, and downgrading is not really an option.
>>
>> NetCDF 4.1.3 without HDF5 built just fine. Thanks, guys!
>>
>> Ken Bowman
>>
>>
>> Testing hard normalized float -> unsigned long conversions PASSED
>> Testing hard normalized double -> unsigned long conversions PASSED
>> Testing hard normalized long double -> signed char conversions
>> Command terminated abnormally.
>> 1.61 real 0.09 user 0.03 sys
>> make[4]: *** [dt_arith.chkexe_] Error 1
>> make[3]: *** [build-check-s] Error 2
>> make[2]: *** [test] Error 2
>> make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
>> make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
>>
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:39:15 -0700
>>> From: Russ Rew <russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:russ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>> To: Roy Mendelssohn <Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:Roy.Mendelssohn@xxxxxxxx>>
>>> Cc: NetCDF Group List <netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:netcdfgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>> Subject: Re: [netcdfgroup] HDF5-1.8.8
>>>
>>> Hi Roy,
>>>
>>>> HDF5-1.8.8 has been announced. Is this a recommended change for
>>>> netcdf?
>>>> Does the most recent library work with it?
>>>
>>> We've tested on a Fedora 16 platform and verified that HDF5-1.8.8
>>> works
>>> fine with both netCDF-4.1.3 and with the current snapshot release,
>>> which
>>> will soon be a beta release of netCDF-4.2. However, we haven't tested
>>> with HDF5-1.8.8 on other platforms yet.
>>>
>>> When netCDF-4.2 is released, we'll recommend building it with the most
>>> recent HDF5-1.8.x version (unless you build with
>>> --disable-netcdf-4, in
>>> which case you won't need HDF5).
>>>
>>> --Russ
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