Octave 3.0.1 does not build on RHEL WS 4

[Ernest L. Williams Jr.]

Hi,

Please help:
address@hidden octave-3.0.1-build]$ more /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS release 4 (Nahant Update 6)
address@hidden octave-3.0.1-build]$ uname -a
Linux lcls-dev2 2.6.9-67.0.7.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Feb 27 04:48:20 EST 2008 
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux



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Octave 3.0.x does not build for our production Linux OS: RHEL WS4
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g++ -c -I/usr/include/pcre -fPIC -I. -I../../octave-3.0.1/src -I.. 
-I../liboctave -I../src -I../libcruft/misc -I../../octav         
ctave-3.0.1/liboctave -I../../octave-3.0.1/src 
-I../../octave-3.0.1/libcruft/misc  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -mieee-fp -Wall -W 
-Wsha         ast -g -O2 ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc -o 
pic/c-file-ptr-stream.o
In file included from ../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:28:
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.h: In member function `void 
c_zfile_ptr_buf::clear()':
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.h:189: error: `gzclearerr' was 
not declared in this scope
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.h:189: warning: unused variable 
'gzclearerr'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function `int 
c_zfile_ptr_buf::underflow_common(bool)':
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:231: error: `gzungetc' was 
not declared in this scope
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:231: warning: unused 
variable 'gzungetc'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function `virtual 
int c_zfile_ptr_buf::pbackfail(int)':
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:247: error: `gzungetc' was 
not declared in this scope
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:247: warning: unused 
variable 'gzungetc'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: In member function `virtual 
std::streamsize c_zfile_ptr_buf::xsputn(const char         e)':
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:258: error: invalid 
conversion from `const void*' to `void*'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:258: error:   initializing 
argument 2 of `int gzwrite(void*, void*, unsigned in
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc: At global scope:
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:292: warning: unused 
parameter 'offset'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:275: warning: unused 
parameter 'offset'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:275: warning: unused 
parameter 'dir'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:148: warning: unused 
parameter 'offset'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:131: warning: unused 
parameter 'offset'
../../octave-3.0.1/src/c-file-ptr-stream.cc:131: warning: unused 
parameter 'dir'
make[2]: *** [pic/c-file-ptr-stream.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/afs/slac.stanford.edu/u/cd/ernesto/sandbox/octave-3.0.1-build/src'
make[1]: *** [src] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory 
`/afs/slac.stanford.edu/u/cd/ernesto/sandbox/octave-3.0.1-build'
make: *** [all] Error 2

Any ideas?





Also, here is the result of my configure command:
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Octave is now configured for i686-pc-linux-gnu

Source directory:     ../octave-3.0.1
Installation prefix:  /nfs/slac/g/lcls/build/package/octave
C compiler:           gcc  -mieee-fp  -Wall -W -Wshadow -g -O2
C++ compiler:         g++  -mieee-fp  -Wall -W -Wshadow 
-Wold-style-cast -g -O2
Fortran compiler:     g77 -O -mieee-fp
Fortran libraries:     -L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6 
-L/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/3.4.6/../../.. -lz -lfrtbegin -lg2c -lm
BLAS libraries:       -llapack -lblas
FFTW libraries:
GLPK libraries:
UMFPACK libraries:
AMD libraries:
CAMD libraries:
COLAMD libraries:
CCOLAMD libraries:
CHOLMOD libraries:
CXSPARSE libraries:
HDF5 libraries:
CURL libraries:
REGEX libraries:      -L/usr/lib -lpcre
QHULL libraries:
LIBS:                 -lreadline  -lncurses -ldl -lz -lm
Default pager:        less
gnuplot:              gnuplot

Do internal array bounds checking:  false
Build static libraries:             false
Build shared libraries:             true
Dynamic Linking:                    true (dlopen)
Include support for GNU readline:   true
64-bit array dims and indexing:     false

configure: WARNING: I didn't find gperf, but it's only a problem if you 
need to reconstruct oct-gperf.h
configure: WARNING: UMFPACK not found.  This will result in some lack of 
functionality for sparse matrices.
configure: WARNING: COLAMD not found. This will result in some lack of 
functionality for sparse matrices.
configure: WARNING: CCOLAMD not found. This will result in some lack of 
functionality for sparse matrices.
configure: WARNING: CHOLMOD not found. This will result in some lack of 
functionality for sparse matrices.
configure: WARNING: CXSparse not found. This will result in some lack of 
functionality for sparse matrices.
configure: WARNING: FFTW library not found.  Octave will use the 
(slower) FFTPACK library instead.
configure: WARNING: GLPK library not found.  The glpk function for 
solving linear programs will be disabled.
configure: WARNING: HDF5 library not found.  Octave will not be able to 
save or load HDF5 data files.
configure: WARNING: Qhull library not found --- This will result in loss 
of functionality of some geometry functions.
configure:

NOTE: libraries may be skipped if a library is not found OR
    if the library on your system is missing required features.



Thanks,
Ernesto