On 2007-04-19 08:50+0800 simon rayner wrote: > i had identical problems when i tried compiling v5.6.x and v5.5.x. i didn't go back any further. I finally got around the problem by using the --disable-gcw option when issuing the configure command.
Hi Simon: The ./configure command is part of the historical autotools-based build system which has been deprecated for quite a few months now. Essentially no work has been done on that build system since last July because we have a much better CMake-based alternative. Please follow the directions given in the INSTALL file for our new CMake-based build system. It gives more reliable builds than what was previously available for Linux, Mac OS X, and windows, faster builds, and more extensive (i.e., more PLplot features can be configured) builds. Most importantly, if you do find any problems with it, it is usually extremely easy for us to fix. For now, we do still include the autotools-based build files in our tarballs so that the configure command mostly works, but even that minimal effort with the old autotools-based system is not going to continue indefinitely, and in anticipation of when it will be gone we are trying to strongly discourage its use. By the way, did I mention that our CMake-based build system was a better alternative? :-) Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
