Grads on Slackware 11 - segmentation faults due to a severe case of versionitis

Fri Oct 27 10:35:03 EDT 2006

Hi Jennifer
    I'm back at the problem and it appears that there are others also
now onto/in it.
    I looked into installing the older version and have a suspicion that
it may in the long run lead to more problems.
    I tried to build dods version 3.2 with no success (will not compile)
and the folk at opendap are not keen on supporting the old version.
    Now I expect that Patrice's -enable-dynamic-supplibs will only work
with dods 3.2. so building Opendap 3.4 won't help.
    This leads me to come to the conclusion that the mucky-muck solution
is the way forward ?
    Am I on the right track in believing that with an effective build of
opendap 3.4 I should then have the drivers, or the updated version
thereof that are presently packaged in supplib tar file, from that I
should be able to create an updated supplib and then work through the
changes required in the .configure.

    As I am embarking on a journey of versionitis discovery any support
you can off will be much appreciated.

    Many Thanks
       Jean Pierre


Jennifer M. Adams wrote:
> Jean Pierre --
> Current public builds of GrADS use DODS version 3.2 and were built
> with gcc version 2.9. These versions of the libraries and the complier
> are now in retirement, and in many operating systems are dead and
> gone. If you can find or install the old version of gcc on your box,
> then you can probably build 1.9b4 from source with the linux supplib
> tar file we provide.
>
> If you do not have gcc version 2.9, then you must build a more recent
> version of DODS (OPenDAP) and then you have to fiddle with the
> configure script and/or the Makefile in order to get a build of
> gradsdods. I have used DODS 3.4 successfully on linux, but it does
> require a bit of mucky-muck. If you can build DODS 3.2, then I would
> use Patrice's -enable-dynamic-supplibs mods and I bet it would find
> the new version of dods and create a usable makefile.
>
> Jennifer
>
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 11:46 AM, Jean Pierre Arabonis wrote:
>
>> Thanks Patrice for the suggestions, I tried your tarball without
>> success, same errors came up as before.
>>
>> I have brought across the following:
>>
>> grads-1.9b3-src.tar.gz
>> grads-1.9b3-supplibs-linuxRH9.tar.gz
>>
>> put them in a directory and tried:
>>
>> >./configure --with-dods
>> --libdir=/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3/supplibs/lib
>>
>> and I have success with everything in order, then all falls over when
>> I try make:
>>
>> >make
>>
>> arabonis at baltic:/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3
>> <mailto:arabonis at baltic:/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3>> make
>> Making all in src
>> make[1]: Entering directory `/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3/src'
>> make  all-am
>> make[2]: Entering directory `/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3/src'
>> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I. -I.././supplibs/include
>> -I/usr/X11R6/include    -g -O -c `test -f 'gxdxwd.c' || echo
>> './'`gxdxwd.c
>> gxdxwd.c:25: error: conflicting types for 'calloc'
>> gxdxwd.c:25: error: conflicting types for 'calloc'
>> make[2]: *** [gxdxwd.o] Error 1
>> make[2]: Leaving directory `/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3/src'
>> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/data/source/Grads19b3work/grads-1.9b3/src'
>> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>
>> This is now well over my head, anyone out there can tell me what is
>> going on and if/how to solve it.
>>
>> On the side track I tried the fedora core 1.8 compilation again
>> through gdb, maybe someone can tell me what is going on as it seems
>> to be the common problem with all the versions of grads:
>>
>> arabonis at baltic:/data/source/Gradsfedoracore> gdb --quiet gradsdods
>> Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
>> (gdb) run
>> Starting program: /data/source/Gradsfedoracore/gradsdods
>> warning: Cannot initialize thread debugging library: unknown
>> thread_db error '22'
>>
>> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 1.8SL11
>> Copyright (c) 1988-2001 by Brian Doty
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
>> Institute for Global Environment and Society
>> All Rights Reserved
>>
>> Config: v1.8SL11 32-bit little-endian readline sdf/xdf netcdf
>> DODS-enabled lats printim
>>
>> Issue 'q config' command for more information.
>>
>> Landscape mode? (no for portrait):  p
>> GX Package Initialization: Size = 11 8.5
>> ga-> sdfopen http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2006101800i
>> Scanning self-describing file:
>> http://monsoondata.org:9090/dods/gfs/gfs.2006101800i
>>
>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> 0x083a16e5 in get_cie_encoding ()
>> (gdb)
>>
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>     Jean Pierre
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Patrice Dumas wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 07:23:37PM +0200, Jean Pierre Arabonis wrote:
>>>
>>>>    My question is is it likely that I will have success in compiling
>>>> grads if I trawl the net and find these libraries and install them, or
>>>> can someone point me in the right direction to solve this problem.
>>>>
>>> Since all the grads prerequisites are packaged for fedora, I can't see
>>> why it shouldn't be possible to install them on slackware, either using
>>> the packaging system or by recompiling (even though I don't know anything
>>> about slackware). In case you want to build against 'system' libraries
>>> (libraries not in the supplib directory) you may be interested in the
>>> grads tarball I distribute here (with only changes in configure with
>>> --dyn-supplib given):
>>> http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/dumas/fc-srpms/grads-1.9b4.1.tar.gz
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Pat
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jean Pierre Arabonis
>> arabonis at egs.uct.ac.za <mailto:arabonis at egs.uct.ac.za>
>> Tel 021 780 1021 cell 084 401 1365
>> This email is 100% Microsoft Free
>>
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