On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Dr. David
Kirkby<david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote:
>
> Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
>> In the process of building Sage on t2, I noticed another failure, which
>> I'm somewhat surprised has not been seen on all platforms. I've
>> submitted this as ticket 6278, where more information is provided than
>> here.
>>
>> Essentially the following packages are now installed on my attempts at
>> building Sage with Solaris using gcc 4.4.0
>>
>> atlas-3.8.3.p2 (needed hack suggested by ATLAS developer)
>> bzip2-1.0.5
>> conway_polynomials-0.2
>> dir-0.1
>> eclib-20080310.p7
>> elliptic_curves-0.1
>> extcode-4.0.1.alpha0
>> flint-1.2.4.p3
>> fortran-20071120.p5
>> freetype-2.3.5.p0
>> gd-2.0.35.p1
>> gdmodule-0.56.p5
>> givaro-3.2.13rc2
>> gnutls-2.2.1.p1
>> graphs-20070722
>> gsl-1.10.p1
>> iml-1.0.1.p11
>> ipython-0.9.1
>> lapack-20071123.p0
>> libgcrypt-1.4.3.p0
>> libgpg_error-1.6.p0
>> libpng-1.2.35
>> mpir-1.2.p0
>> ntl-5.4.2.p7
>> opencdk-0.6.6
>> pari-2.3.3.p0
>> prereq-0.3
>> python-2.5.4.p1
>> readline-5.2.p6
>> sage_scripts-4.0.1.alpha0
>> sqlite-3.5.3.p3 (needed the patch I posted on trac #6266)
>> termcap-1.3.1.p0
>> zlib-1.2.3.p4
>>
>> Note blas is not in that list. But linbox is trying to build, which
>> claims to need blas
>>
>>
>> Here linbox tries to build.
>>
>>
>> ****************************************************
>> Host system
>> uname -a:
>> SunOS t2 5.10 Generic_127111-09 sun4v sparc SUNW,T5240
>> ****************************************************
>> ****************************************************
>> GCC Version
>> gcc -v
>> Using built-in specs.
>> Target: sparc-sun-solaris2.10
>> Configured with: ../gcc-4.4.0/configure --with-gnu-as
>> --with-as=/home/kirkby/bin/as --with-gnu-ld
>> --with-ld=/home/kirkby/bin/ld --with-gmp=/home/kirkby/dependencies/
>> --with-mpfr=/home/kirkby/dependencies/ --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran
>> --prefix=/home/kirkby/dependencies/
>> Thread model: posix
>> gcc version 4.4.0 (GCC)
>> ****************************************************
>> Copying commentator patch
>> Solaris cblas
>> *************************************************
>>   Using LINBOX_BLAS=-lcblas -latlas
>> *************************************************
>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... ./install-sh -c
>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... ./install-sh -c -d
>> checking for gawk... no
>> checking for mawk... no
>> checking for nawk... nawk
>> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
>> checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
>> checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
>> checking whether the C compiler works... yes
>> checking whether we are cross compiling... no
>> checking for suffix of executables...
>> checking for suffix of object files... o
>> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
>> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
>> checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
>> checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
>> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
>> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep
>> checking for egrep... /usr/sfw/bin/ggrep -E
>> checking for ANSI C header files... yes
>> checking build system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
>> checking host system type... sparc-sun-solaris2.10
>> checking for a sed that does not truncate output...
>> /home/kirkby/dependencies/bin/sed
>> checking for ld used by gcc... ld
>> checking if the linker (ld) is GNU ld... yes
>> checking for ld option to reload object files... -r
>> checking for BSD-compatible nm... /home/kirkby/bin/nm -B
>> checking whether ln -s works... yes
>> checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
>> checking for sys/types.h... yes
>> checking for sys/stat.h... yes
>> checking for stdlib.h... yes
>> checking for string.h... yes
>> checking for memory.h... yes
>> checking for strings.h... yes
>> checking for inttypes.h... yes
>> checking for stdint.h... yes
>> checking for unistd.h... yes
>> checking dlfcn.h usability... yes
>> checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
>> checking for dlfcn.h... yes
>> checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
>> checking for g77... no
>> checking for xlf... no
>> checking for f77... f77
>> checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... yes
>> checking whether f77 accepts -g... yes
>> checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 786240
>> checking command to parse /home/kirkby/bin/nm -B output from gcc
>> object... ok
>> checking for objdir... .libs
>> checking for ar... ar
>> checking for ranlib... ranlib
>> checking for strip... strip
>> checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
>> checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC
>> checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
>> checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
>> checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
>> checking whether the gcc linker (ld) supports shared libraries... yes
>> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... yes
>> checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so
>> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
>> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
>> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
>> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
>> checking whether to build static libraries... no
>> configure: creating libtool
>> appending configuration tag "CXX" to libtool
>> checking for ld used by g++... ld
>> checking if the linker (ld) is GNU ld... yes
>> checking whether the g++ linker (ld) supports shared libraries... yes
>> checking for g++ option to produce PIC... -fPIC
>> checking if g++ PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
>> checking if g++ static flag -static works... no
>> checking if g++ supports -c -o file.o... yes
>> checking whether the g++ linker (ld) supports shared libraries... yes
>> checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so
>> (cached) (cached) checking how to hardcode library paths into
>> programs... immediate
>> appending configuration tag "F77" to libtool
>> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
>> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
>> checking whether to build static libraries... no
>> checking for f77 option to produce PIC... -fPIC
>> checking if f77 PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
>> checking if f77 static flag -static works... no
>> checking if f77 supports -c -o file.o... yes
>> checking whether the f77 linker (ld) supports shared libraries... yes
>> checking dynamic linker characteristics... solaris2.10 ld.so
>> (cached) (cached) checking how to hardcode library paths into
>> programs... immediate
>> checking for char... yes
>> checking size of char... 1
>> checking for short... yes
>> checking size of short... 2
>> checking for int... yes
>> checking size of int... 4
>> checking for long... yes
>> checking size of long... 4
>> checking for long long... yes
>> checking size of long long... 8
>> checking for __int64... no
>> checking size of __int64... 0
>> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
>> Default path = /usr /usr/local
>> checking whether to compile the drivers... no
>> checking for GMP >= 3.1.1... found
>> checking whether GMP is 4.0 or greater... yes
>> checking whether GMP was compiled with --enable-cxx... yes
>> checking for NTL >= 5.0... found
>> checking for GIVARO >= 3.2.10... found
>> checking whether to compile the sage interface... yes
>> checking for C interface to BLAS... not found
>> checking for others BLAS... not found
>>
>> *******************************************************************************
>>   ERROR: BLAS not found!
>>
>>   BLAS routines are required for this library to compile. Please
>>   make sure BLAS are installed and specify its location with the option
>>   --with-blas=<lib> when running configure.
>> *******************************************************************************
>> Error configuring linbox
>>
>
>
> I have now solved this issue. It was a bug in the GNU linker, version
> 2.15 which is included in Solaris as /usr/sfw/bin/gld
>
> I created a hello world, and tried linking with the atlas and blas
> libraries, only to find I got a couple of error messages during the link
> phase. One of these was included the text
>
> undefined reference to `ld...@sysvabi_1.3'
>
> A Google on that pointed to a bug in the GNU linker. An update to the
> latest binutils (2.19) solved that one.
>
> How can the bug be closed.

I've closed it. Only a few people have the option to close tickets right now.

William

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