[SciPy-user] build errors on OSX using IBM XL FORTRAN

[Pearu Peterson]

On Wed, 26 May 2004, Christopher Fonnesbeck wrote:

> Using today's cvs update, I get the following error when building on  
> OSX 10.3; seems to be related to XL FORTRAN:
> 
> compling Fortran sources
> xlf(f77) options: '-qextname -O5'
> xlf90(f90) options: '-qextname -O5'
> xlf90(fix) options: '-qfixed -qextname -O5'
> creating build/temp.darwin-7.3.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/Lib/linalg
> creating build/temp.darwin-7.3.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/Lib/linalg/src
> compile options: '-DNO_ATLAS_INFO=3 -Ibuild/src  
> -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/ 
> python2.3 -c'
> xlf:f77: Lib/linalg/src/fblaswrap.f
> xlf: 1501-210 command option NO_ATLAS_INFO=3 contains an incorrect  
> subargument
> xlf: 1501-210 command option NO_ATLAS_INFO=3 contains an incorrect  
> subargument
> error: Command "xlf -qextname -O5 -DNO_ATLAS_INFO=3 -Ibuild/src  
> -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/include/ 
> python2.3 -c -c Lib/linalg/src/fblaswrap.f -o  
> build/temp.darwin-7.3.0-Power_Macintosh-2.3/Lib/linalg/src/fblaswrap.o"  
> failed with exit status 40

Try again. Hopefully the patch in CVS fixes this problem. It turns out 
that -D/-U options to xlf compiler are not for defining cpp macros...

Pearu