Re: Fortran test fail for Solaris Workshop 9 [Was: Solaris whole_archive update]

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Ralf,

* Ralf Menzel wrote on Sun, Apr 24, 2005 at 04:58:23PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues <address@hidden> writes:
> > * Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 03:41:25PM CEST:
> >> 
> >> Ahh, I actually know how to fix the Fortran failures, I think:
> >> AC_LIBTOOL_POSTDEP_PREDEP is missing from AC_LIBTOOL_LANG_F77_CONFIG.
> [snip]
> 
> I tried the patch and is doesn't seem to make a difference.

OK.  I had previously thought that it was only with Solaris 10 that you
need the Autoconf patch.  Not the case.

> I attach the verbose output for the fortran tests for branch-1-5 (with
> the patch applied) and HEAD.

Quoting the interesting part:

| checking whether we are using the GNU Fortran 77 compiler... no
| checking whether f77 accepts -g... yes
| checking how to get verbose linking output from f77... -v
| checking for Fortran libraries of f77...  -lf77compat 
-R/app/unido-inf/sun/workshop/9.0/SUNWspro/lib/v8plus:/app/unido-inf/sun/workshop/9.0/SUNWspro/lib:/opt/SUNWspro/lib/v8plus:/opt/SUNWspro/lib
 -L/app/unido-inf/sun/workshop/9.0/SUNWspro/lib/v8plus 
-L/app/unido-inf/sun/workshop/9.0/SUNWspro/prod/lib/v8plus 
-L/app/unido-inf/sun/workshop/9.0/SUNWspro/lib 
-L/app/unido-inf/sun/workshop/9.0/SUNWspro/prod/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/lib 
-L/usr/lib -lompstubs -lfui -lfai -lfai2 -lfsumai -lfprodai -lfminlai -lfmaxlai 
-lfminvai -lfmaxvai -lfsu -lsunmath -lm
| checking for dummy main to link with Fortran libraries... unknown
| configure: error: linking to Fortran libraries from C fails
| See `config.log' for more details.
| FAIL: f77demo-static.test

Quite the same as reported by Yuri.  You need the patch from[1] in
Autoconf (it is in CVS HEAD).  To make sure it is this failure, please
send config.log.

Regards, and thanks,
Ralf

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf-patches/2005-03/msg00009.html