Re: configure failure compiling netcdf-c7-4.3.3.1-7

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 2:31 AM Hanspeter Niederstrasser <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On 7/22/23 10:56 PM, Dan Hitt wrote:
> > I attempted to install the package netcdf-c7 in order to get the netcdf
> > include files and libraries on my system.
> >
> > My command was
> > fink install netcdf-c7
> >
> > It failed, and left a message that i should run 'fink self-update' and
> > fink-configure to set the maximum number of build jobs to 1.  I did this,
> > and also ran 'fink update-all', at the request of 'fink self-update'.
> >
> > Then i tried again, and failed again.
> >
> > The latest transcript is about 357 lines long, and i think the problem
> > comes from these lines, which look like part of some configure output:
> > checking for library containing H5Fflush... no
> > configure: error: Can't find or link to the hdf5 library. Use
> > --disable-netcdf-4, or see config.log for errors.
> > ### execution of /tmp/fink.gnWKa failed, exit code 1
> > ### execution of /tmp/fink.LjGT7 failed, exit code 1
> > Removing runtime build-lock...
> > Removing build-lock package...
> > /opt/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-netcdf-c7-4.3.3.1-7
> > (Reading database ... 42807 files and directories currently installed.)
> > Removing fink-buildlock-netcdf-c7-4.3.3.1-7 ...
> > Failed: phase compiling: netcdf-c7-4.3.3.1-7 failed
> >
> > This is on a Catalina system.
> > Package manager version: 0.45.6
> > Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sat Jul 22 20:18:37 2023, 10.15,
> > x86_64
> > Trees: local/main stable/main
> > No recognized Xcode.app installed
> > Xcode command-line tools: 12.4.0.0.1.1610135815
> > Max. Fink build jobs:  1
>
> Can you look for the file
> /opt/sw/src/fink.build/netcdf-c7-4.3.3.1-7/netcdf-c7-4.3.3.1/config.log
> and check around the area where it mentions 'H5Fflush' ? That should
> hopefully provide more diagnostic as to why it's failing to find the
> hdf5 library.
>
> Is there a reason you need the really old netcdf-c7 library? The latest
> version of that library is in the package netcdf-c18.
>
> Hanspeter
>

Thanks Hanspeter.

To your second question, i needed netcdf and netcdf-c7 was the first
package i found.  I didn't realize that -c7 and -c18 were versions and i
was choosing the worst version.

So i tried netcdf-c8 and it at least installed /opt/sw/include/netcdf.h.

So next time i'll try to be more cautious with the package names.

(Now, to your first point, the config.log file has a  simple test program
which just wraps a call to HD5Fflush, and that program does not link.  But
i guess that's completely moot, unless somebody comes along that really
does need an old netcdf version.)

Thanks for your help!!

dan

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