20041101: Problems with installing netcdf-perl-1.2.3

[Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chase,

> To: "'support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> From: "Chase, Andrew" <achase@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Problems with installing netcdf-perl-1.2.3
> Organization: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
> Keywords: 200410281959.i9SJxDvV025462 netCDF-Perl

The above message contained the following:

> I'm running into an error when running the make target for netcdf-perl-1.2.3.
> 
> Here's my uname output:
> Linux prey 2.4.18-e.47smp #1 SMP Fri Aug 6 15:37:28 EDT 2004 ia64 unknown
> 
> My Compiler:
> which gcc
> /usr/bin/gcc
> 
> And the rest of the files should be attached.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> Andrew C. Chase
> Software Engineer
> Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
> (831) 775-1865 :: Work
> (858) 349-3443 :: Cell
...
> making `dynamic' in directory /opt/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/src/perl=0A=
> =0A=
> make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/src/perl'=0A=
> /usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ia64-linux -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1 =
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/xsubpp  -typemap =
> /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ExtUtils/typemap NetCDF.xs > NetCDF.xsc && mv =
> NetCDF.xsc NetCDF.c=0A=
> Please specify prototyping behavior for NetCDF.xs (see perlxs =
> manual)=0A=
> gcc -c -I/opt/netcdf-3.5.1/include -fno-strict-aliasing =
> -I/usr/local/include -O2   -DVERSION=3D\"1.2.3\" =
> -DXS_VERSION=3D\"1.2.3\" -fPIC -I/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.1/ia64-linux/CORE  =
> NetCDF.c=0A=
> Running Mkbootstrap for NetCDF ()=0A=
> chmod 644 NetCDF.bs=0A=
> rm -f blib/arch/auto/NetCDF/NetCDF.so=0A=
> LD_RUN_PATH=3D"/opt/netcdf-3.5.1/lib" gcc  -shared -L/usr/local/lib =
> NetCDF.o  -o blib/arch/auto/NetCDF/NetCDF.so   -L/opt/netcdf-3.5.1/lib =
> -lnetcdf  =0A=
> /usr/bin/ld: v2i.o: @gprel relocation against dynamic symbol ncerr=0A=
> /usr/bin/ld: v2i.o: @gprel relocation against dynamic symbol ncerr=0A=
> /usr/bin/ld: v2i.o: @gprel relocation against dynamic symbol ncopts=0A=
> /usr/bin/ld: v2i.o: @gprel relocation against dynamic symbol ncopts=0A=
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status=0A=

I could be that the netCDF library wasn't built with the
position-independent code that the netCDF-Perl module requires.  The
necessary option to do this is "-fPIC" for the gcc(1) compiler.  Can you
verify that this option was used to compile the netCDF package?  You
might find this information in the "make.log" file in the top-level
source directory of the netCDF package.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson