Re: Error building Octave-3.6.3 on Fedora 16

[Sergei Steshenko]

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> From: Gökhan Sever <address@hidden>
>To: Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> 
>Cc: "address@hidden" <address@hidden> 
>Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 7:08 AM
>Subject: Re: Error building Octave-3.6.3 on Fedora 16
> 
>
>Hi,
>
>I tried with this:
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>./configure LIBS='-lz'
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>but again got that error. However ./configure --without-z builds it fine
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>
>not sure, how much it differs without z-lib used.
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>On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Sergei Steshenko <address@hidden> wrote:
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>>________________________________
>>> From: Gökhan Sever <address@hidden>
>>>To: address@hidden
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 2:40 AM
>>>Subject: Error building Octave-3.6.3 on Fedora 16
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>I am trying to build Octave 3.6.3 on my Fedora 16 loaded laptop. However, I 
>>>can't seem to pass this error:
>>>
>>>
>>>./configure
>>>make
>>>
>>>
>>>rm -f DLD-FUNCTIONS/urlwrite.oct
>>>la=urlwrite.la && \
>>>  of=urlwrite.oct && \
>>>  cd DLD-FUNCTIONS && \
>>>  ln -s .libs/`/bin/sed -n -e "s/dlname='\([^']*\)'/\1/p" < $la` $of && \
>>>  touch .urlwrite.oct-stamp
>>>./.libs/liboctinterp.so: undefined reference to `gzgetc_'
>>>collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>make[3]: *** [octave] Error 1
>>>make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/gsever/Downloads/octave-3.6.3/src'
>>>make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
>>>make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gsever/Downloads/octave-3.6.3/src'
>>>make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
>>>make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gsever/Downloads/octave-3.6.3'
>>>make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Could someone help me to fix this build error? A Fedora 16 rpm or binary 
>>>built would be useful, too.
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>
>>>PS: 
>>>$ uname -a
>>>Linux 3.6.10-2.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Dec 11 18:55:03 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 
>>>x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-- Gökhan
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>>
>>
>>The
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>>./.libs/liboctinterp.so: undefined reference to `gzgetc_'
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>>error message indicates that 'ld' doesn't have 'libz' specified, i.e. add 
>>somehow (e.g. through LDFALS or the LIBS) '-lz' to 'configure' command line.
>>
>>The symbol is defined in, for example. 'libz.so': (output from nm 
>>~/AFSWD/install/zlib-1.2.7/lib/libz.so | less ) :
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>>"
>>
>>    164 00010020 T gzgetc
>>    165 000100b0 T gzgetc_
>>".
>>
>>Regards,
>>  Sergei.
>>
>>
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>
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>-- 
>Gökhan 
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>

Strangely enough I do not have this problem building octave-3.6.2, and I do not 
build octave-3.6.3.

Maybe the developers can shed some light.


Regards,
  Sergei.