Re: [Plplot-devel] netbsd portability effort status--- one showstopper and 3 other problems

[Rafael L. <lab...@ps...>]

* Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> [2003-03-26 16:54]:

> Here are the latest results with plplot-5.2.0.cvs.20030326.tar.gz and
> tcl/tk and freetype disabled.
> 
> * All the mkoctfile configuration changes to compensate for the broken
> version on netbsd seem to be working.  The warning message about this
> came through loud and clear during configuration, and plplot_octave.oct
> built without any obvious error messages.  Thanks, Rafael!

Great.

> * Just noticed that Java configuration needs a tweak.  Even though I used a
> default configuration (java not enabled), the java build went ahead in any
> case.  I think the reason for the problem is lib_LTLIBRARIES =
> libplplotjava@LIB_TAG@.la appears outside the conditional. Do you agree,
> Rafael?

Sure.  When I put things related to $(javagenfiles) outside the conditional,
I accidentally put libplplotjava@LIB_TAG@.la too.  This is a mistake and I
will fix it.

> * The only build problem was
> 
> ./get-drv-info xwin
> libltdl error: can't open the module
> 
> This is more informative than the segfault we had before, but I don't know
> how to interpret this message.
> 
> Rafael?

As I suspected, this is a problem with the linker in netbsd and its source
may be elsewhere, not in the ltdl.c code.  I have to think in a way to debug
this.  Unfortunately, I do not have an access to a netbsd system, so Alan
will have to try my guesses.

> Rafael, I noticed this before, but forgot to ask; what does that Error
> reading address 0xe0: Invalid argument mean?  Is the null argument for the
> filename argument for try_dlopen causing the segfault?

No idea.  I will check this.

-- 
Rafael