By the way, Solaris also has LD_LIBRARY_PATH_32. You can put 32 bit libraries in that and leave the generic LD_LIBRARY_PATH for libtool to play with. But you should put $LD_LIBRARY_PATH in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 and probably in $LD_LIBRARY_PATH_32 as well, otherwise it won't work.
Bill. On Jan 29, 11:28 pm, Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > It does work if you also add $LD_LIBRARY_PATH to LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64. I > have tested this, i.e. MPIR now builds and all tests now pass on t2, > so at least there is no problem for Sage. > > We do not use the latest libtool. I tried upgrading it once before, > and not only could I not understand the documentation, but in the end, > I completely, abjectly failed. When I first started working on MPIR I > spent almost 3 months full time working on the build system of MPIR. > > Bill. > > On Jan 29, 3:37 pm, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> > wrote: > > > > > Bill Hart wrote: > > > Ah, got it. LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 needs to also contain > > > /home/wbhart/mpir-1.3.0/.libs. Basically if LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 is not > > > specified at all, i.e. left blank, the linker uses whatever is in > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Otherwise it uses LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 exclusively, > > > which means that *all* 64 bit library paths must be in > > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64. > > > > So, in order to make MPIR work on t2, we'd need LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 to > > > be set globally for users *and* we'd need libtool to recognise that it > > > needs to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64. > > > > Unfortunately libtool doesn't do this automatically. So this is seems > > > to be a bug in the version of libtool we use. Another solution is to > > > set LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 to include $LD_LIBRARY_PATH. This actually > > > works because the substitution is done live by the shell. In other > > > words, if LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64 is set to > > > /usr/local/gcc-4.4.1-sun-linker/lib/sparcv9:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH for all > > > users of t2 globally, I believe MPIR will work just fine on that > > > machine. > > > > Bill. > > > I do not believe it is correct to add the sparcv9 directory to > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH, > > though I accept it might solve the issue. If anything, that would be added > > to > > LD_LIBRARY_PATH_64, but that is not working here. > > > I would speak to the libtool developers - I know Ralf is very helpful, and > > has > > an account on 't2'. Perhaps he can solve this. > > > Are you using the latest libtool ? If not, an upgrade might work. > > > Dave -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
