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[Plplot-devel] troubles building plplot 5.2.0 without dynamic drivers

[Doug H. <dh...@uc...>]

Hi all:  I have been using plplot 5.1 for some time.  I just downloaded 
5.2.0 and ran into this:

 > ./configure --with-double --prefix=/ops/tools
 > make

...

gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../bindings/tcl 
-I../bindings/tk -I../bindings//tk-x-plat -I/usr/X11R6/include -g -O2 
-MT matrixInit.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/matrixInit.Tpo -c 
../bindings/tcl/matrixInit.c -o matrixInit.o >/dev/null 2>&1
mv -f .libs/matrixInit.lo matrixInit.lo
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `dg300d.lo', needed by 
`libplplotdrv.la'.  Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/huntd/src/plplot-5.2.0/drivers'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Also, I have developed a driver under 5.1, but I can't seem to figure 
out how to get it to work under 5.2.  I keep running into GNU 
automake/autoconf/aclocal errors.
I gather the old process of modifying cf/configure.in and running 
autoconf no longer works.
Is there any doc for how to do this under 5.2?  The instructions in 
drivers/README.drivers seems out of date.

Any ideas on these problems?

Thanks much!

  Doug Hunt

P.S:

$ uname -a
Linux pegasus.cosmic.ucar.edu 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001 
i686 unknown
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)

Re: [Plplot-devel] troubles building plplot 5.2.0 without dynamic drivers

[Joao C. <jc...@fe...>]

On Tuesday 28 January 2003 23:59, Doug Hunt wrote:
> Hi all:  I have been using plplot 5.1 for some time.  I just downloaded
>
> 5.2.0 and ran into this:
>  > ./configure --with-double --prefix=3D/ops/tools
>  > make
>
> ...
>
> gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../bindings/tcl
> -I../bindings/tk -I../bindings//tk-x-plat -I/usr/X11R6/include -g -O2
> -MT matrixInit.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/matrixInit.Tpo -c
> ../bindings/tcl/matrixInit.c -o matrixInit.o >/dev/null 2>&1
> mv -f .libs/matrixInit.lo matrixInit.lo
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target `dg300d.lo', needed by
> `libplplotdrv.la'.  Stop.
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/huntd/src/plplot-5.2.0/drivers'
> make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Hi, Doug

I confirm your report on my SuSE-8.1.

We are changing our configuration stuff, using autotools/libtool, hopping=
 to=20
reach a more broad range of platforms, and it looks like there are still =
some=20
problems left.

I have tested the current release in a variety of platforms, RH-8.0, SuSE=
-8.1=20
and OSF1 and other developers in Debian-?, RH-7.2 and other platforms, bu=
t it=20
looks like that we didn't test all possibilities.

So I advise you (and others) to configure using --enable-dyndrivers. In t=
he=20
above systems that I tested I always used "--enable-dyndrivers=20
--disable-static". I always use the disable-static  to save compile time =
and=20
disk space, but that depends on your platform.

I have just now configured and make plplot-5.2.0 with=20

    ./configure --with-double --prefix=3D/usr/local/test/  \
        --enable-dyndrivers

and it succeeded in my SuSE-8.1 system.

In case your *make* (not configure) fails with the last few lines saying:

Making all in include
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/jcard/tmp/plplot-5.2.0/include'
cd .. && /bin/sh /home/jcard/tmp/plplot-5.2.0/missing --run autoheader
WARNING: Using auxiliary files such as `acconfig.h', `config.h.bot'
WARNING: and `config.h.top', to define templates for `config.h.in'
(... other warnings)

please type the command:

     touch include/plDevs.h.in

and restart the make (this has just happened to me after the first=20
configure/make fails and I issued the second configure/make).

Thanks for reporting this and other problems that you might find, it is t=
hanks=20
to detailed  reports, including the platform and configure command used, =
that=20
we can manage to solve problems and improve PLplot.

>
> Also, I have developed a driver under 5.1, but I can't seem to figure
> out how to get it to work under 5.2.  I keep running into GNU
> automake/autoconf/aclocal errors.
> I gather the old process of modifying cf/configure.in and running
> autoconf no longer works.

Yes, you are right. The best advise I can give to you is to look how othe=
r=20
drivers are currently configured. Don't look at the cf directory, it is s=
till=20
there because historical reasons :), look at the *.in files in both the t=
op=20
and drivers directory.

Joao

> Is there any doc for how to do this under 5.2?  The instructions in
> drivers/README.drivers seems out of date.
>
> Any ideas on these problems?
>
> Thanks much!
>
>   Doug Hunt
>
> P.S:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux pegasus.cosmic.ucar.edu 2.4.7-10 #1 Thu Sep 6 17:27:27 EDT 2001
> i686 unknown
> $ cat /etc/redhat-release
> Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma)
>
>
>
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Re: [Plplot-devel] troubles building plplot 5.2.0 without dynamic drivers

[Alan W. I. <ir...@be...>]

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Joao Cardoso wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 January 2003 23:59, Doug Hunt wrote:
> > Hi all:  I have been using plplot 5.1 for some time.  I just downloaded
> >
> > 5.2.0 and ran into this:
> >  > ./configure --with-double --prefix=/ops/tools
> >  > make
> >
> > ...
> >
> > gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -I../include -I../bindings/tcl
> > -I../bindings/tk -I../bindings//tk-x-plat -I/usr/X11R6/include -g -O2
> > -MT matrixInit.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/matrixInit.Tpo -c
> > ../bindings/tcl/matrixInit.c -o matrixInit.o >/dev/null 2>&1
> > mv -f .libs/matrixInit.lo matrixInit.lo
> > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `dg300d.lo', needed by
> > `libplplotdrv.la'.  Stop.
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/huntd/src/plplot-5.2.0/drivers'
> > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>
> Hi, Doug
>
> I confirm your report on my SuSE-8.1.

In fact the combination of --with-double and static drivers fails on all
platforms that I tested (RH 8.0 and Debian)!  Default configure (which
corresponds to single and static drivers) works fine so that is why we have
been having relatively few (compared to ~3000 downloads) reports on this.

Turned out it was one of those 'obvious' errors.  The STATIC_DRIVERS list is
a list of libtool compiled objects (*.lo) files, and of course there should
be no $LIB_TAG on the name since those aren't shared objects and ultimately
they become part of libplplot[d].so.5.2.0 As soon as I dropped $LIB_TAG from
the STATIC_DRIVERS names (see recent commit of configure.ac) static drivers
worked fine with either single or double.  (They worked fine before for
PLplot-5.2.0 in the single case because $LIB_TAG is empty in that case.)

In contrast the DYNAMIC_DRIVERS are shared objects (*.la files for libtool)
which are installed in the drivers directory.  They must have $LIB_TAG as
part of the name if you want to be able to have both single and double
precision versions of PLplot coexisting at the same time.

I believe dropping $LIB_TAG from the names in STATIC_DRIVERS should take
care of virtually all the errors that have been reported by the users of
PLplot-5.2.0.

The only additional user error reports I can recall involve X problems.
Joao, did that guy who you answered ever come back with the information you
requested?  I have a private report of an additional X problem from somone
else which I will post to this list separately.

Alan
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Re: [Plplot-devel] troubles building plplot 5.2.0 without dynamic drivers

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

* Alan W. Irwin <ir...@be...> [2003-02-01 12:13]:

> I believe dropping $LIB_TAG from the names in STATIC_DRIVERS should take
> care of virtually all the errors that have been reported by the users of
> PLplot-5.2.0.

See my last cvs commit, in which I also dropped the $LIB_TAG addition for
dynamic drivers.

I am happy we are doing progress towards the 5.2.1 release.

-- 
Rafael