Re: Configuring the latest default hg on OSX

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 29, 2008, at 3:38 AM, Jaroslav Hajek wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 2:50 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Today I tried to configure the latest sources with the intent of  
> > using the
> > Fink package manager on OSX. I'm concerned about the OpenGL part  
> > (as I have
> > no experience with it).
> >
> > I'd appreciate any comments respecting "the good, the bad, and the  
> > ugly"
> > with regards the results of the configure process below.
> >
> > Octave is now configured for i386-apple-darwin9.3.0
> >
> > Source directory:     .
> > Installation prefix:  /sw
> > C compiler:           gcc  -mieee-fp  -Wall -W -Wshadow -O3
> > -I/usr/X11R6/include
> > C++ compiler:         g++  -mieee-fp  -Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style- 
> > cast -g
> > -O3
> > Fortran compiler:     /sw/bin/gfortran -fbounds-check -ff2c -g -O3
> > -mieee-fp
> > Fortran libraries:    /sw/lib/gcc4.3/lib/libgfortran.dylib
> > BLAS libraries:
> > -Wl,-framework,Accelerate,-dylib_file,/System/Library/Frameworks/ 
> > Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/ 
> > Versions/A/libLAPACK.dylib:/System/Library/Frameworks/ 
> > Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/ 
> > Versions/A/libLAPACK.dylib
> > FFTW libraries:       -lfftw3 -lfftw3f
> > GLPK libraries:       -lglpk
> > UMFPACK libraries:    -lumfpack
> > AMD libraries:        -lamd
> > CAMD libraries:       -lcamd
> > COLAMD libraries:     -lcolamd
> > CCOLAMD libraries:    -lccolamd
> > CHOLMOD libraries:    -lcholmod
> > CXSPARSE libraries:   -lcxsparse
> > HDF5 libraries:       -lhdf5
> > CURL libraries:       -lcurl
> > REGEX libraries:      -L/sw/lib -lpcre
> > QHULL libraries:      -lqhull
> > LIBS:                 -lreadline  -lncurses
> > -Wl,-framework,Accelerate,-dylib_file,/System/Library/Frameworks/ 
> > Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/ 
> > Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib:/System/Library/Frameworks/ 
> > Accelerate.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/vecLib.framework/ 
> > Versions/A/libBLAS.dylib
> > -lhdf5 -lz -lm
> > Default pager:        less
> > gnuplot:              gnuplot
> > OPENGL libraries:
> > fltk backend libs:    -L/sw/lib/fltk-aqua/lib -L/sw/lib -lfltk_gl
> > -framework AGL -framework OpenGL -lfltk -lpthread -framework Carbon
> > -framework ApplicationServices
> >
> > Do internal array bounds checking:  false
> > Build static libraries:             false
> > Build shared libraries:             true
> > Dynamic Linking:                    true (dyld)
> > Include support for GNU readline:   true
> > 64-bit array dims and indexing:     false
> >
> > configure: WARNING: A BLAS library was detected but found  
> > incompatible with
> > your Fortran 77 compiler.  The reference BLAS implementation will  
> > be used.
> > To improve performance, consider using a different Fortran compiler  
> > or a
> > switch like -ff2c to make your Fortran compiler use a calling  
> > convention
> > compatible with the way your BLAS library was compiled, or use a  
> > different
> > BLAS library.
> > configure:
> >
> > Ben
>
> I can't help much with the GL libraries (and I don't see what your
> problem is, or if there is any), but your report reveals a bug in the
> acx_lapack script: In case of missing or invalid BLAS (like in your
> case), the check for LAPACK should be skipped entirely, and
> LAPACK_LIBS should probably be nullified. I'll submit a patch for the
> autoconf archive. By the way, does the warning about invalid BLAS
> occur even if you omit the -ff2c option? If no, then you'll probably
> want to turn it off.
>
> If yes, then that's really weird (as it implies that the BLAS lib is
> compatible with neither gfortran nor g77). I'd consider it a bug if a
> system-provided library is incompatible with the default compiler. Or
> is g77 the default? Perhaps this is a bug in OSX?

I tried using Carlo's configure options

        http://www.nabble.com/Re%3A-Latest-from-hg-on-OSX-p17932976.html

I modified his prefix to reflect Finks. Specificlally

./configure LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib -framework OpenGL" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/ 
include -FOpenGL" F77=gfortran FFLAGS="-ff2c" --prefix=/sw

As before, the summary form configure came up empty for the OpenGL  
Library. However, in this instance the  BLAS Library also came up  
empty and was accompanied by the same warning (respecting BLAS) at the  
end of the configure process. That the BLAS Library came up empty it  
to be expected (I think) since the no configure options pointed to a  
BLAS Library (correct?).

Regarding the back end ...

  gnuplot:              gnuplot
  OPENGL libraries:
  fltk backend libs:    -L/sw/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -framework OpenGL - 
dylib_file /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/ 
Libraries/libGL.dylib:/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/ 
Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib -lfltk_gl -lGLU -lGL -lfltk -lXft - 
lpthread -lXext -lX11

As Jaroslav suggested I also tried removing the "-ff2c" option.  
However, the BLAS warning remains.

Regarding BLAS, I'm using gfortran 4.3, but Apple's vecLib is built  
with gcc 4.0. This resulted in some problems in the past. If I recall  
correctly the manner in which values of complex functions returned  
their values changed in gfortran 4.1 (?).

Using Fink's ATLAS (which depends upon gcc 4.3),  instead of Apple's  
vecLib, the configure process does find the intended BLAS ...

  Fortran libraries:    /sw/lib/gcc4.3/lib/libgfortran.dylib
  BLAS libraries:       /sw/lib/liblapack.dylib

... but still issues the same warning as before :-(

My original question was with regards to the OpenGL/backend part.  
After mergine Carlo's and Fink's configure options, I get

  gnuplot:              gnuplot
  OPENGL libraries:
  fltk backend libs:    -L/sw/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -framework OpenGL - 
dylib_file /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/ 
Libraries/libGL.dylib:/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/ 
Versions/A/Libraries/libGL.dylib -lfltk_gl -lGLU -lGL -lfltk -lXft - 
lpthread -lXext -lX11

It appears to me that there is a problem with OpenGL. Can some one  
confirm? Am I missing a configure option specific to OpenGL? Below are  
the options I used without the BLAS part.

./configure --prefix=/sw FLIBS=/sw/lib/gcc4.3/lib/libgfortran.dylib  
F77=/sw/bin/gfortran --infodir='${prefix}/share/info' --mandir='$ 
{prefix}/share/man' --libexecdir='${prefix}/lib' -enable-shared - 
enable-dl --disable-static --without-mpi --with-hdf5 --with-fftw  
LDFLAGS="-L/sw/lib -framework OpenGL" CPPFLAGS="-I/sw/include - 
FOpenGL" FFLAGS="-ff2c"

Regarding BLAS, it appears that I get the same result using Apple's  
vecLib, Fink's ATLAS package, and that included in Octave. Are any  
other OSX users seeing this?

Ben