Re: [Help-gsl] Error in GSL 2.1 Installation on Mac using GCC 5.1.0 compiler

[Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate]

There was a bug fix for this in 2015, after GCC 5.1.0.  Please update your
GCC.
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66509

On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Patrick Alken <address@hidden> wrote:

> Looks like a gcc bug to me. Are you using a recent gcc? Have you tried
> another compiler like clang/llvm?
>
> On 02/24/2016 10:17 AM, Ron I. Eytan wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm running into an error when trying to build and install GSL 2.1 on my
>> Mac. I'm running Yosemite (10.10.5) and using the GCC 5.1.0 compiler.
>>
>> I'm consistently running across the following error during "make". It's
>> happened on two different machines and occurs at the same point in the
>> "make" process. The error is:
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Making install in statistics
>> /bin/sh ../libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I..
>> -I..   -g -O2 -MT mean.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/mean.Tpo -c -o mean.lo mean.c
>> libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.. -I.. -g -O2 -MT mean.lo
>> -MD
>> -MP -MF .deps/mean.Tpo -c mean.c  -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/mean.o
>> /var/tmp//ccUHwQX6.s:597:2: error: ambiguous instructions require an
>> explicit suffix (could be 'filds', or 'fildl')
>>          fild    (%rdi)
>>          ^
>> /var/tmp//ccUHwQX6.s:734:2: error: ambiguous instructions require an
>> explicit suffix (could be 'filds', or 'fildl')
>>          fild    -24(%rsp)
>>          ^
>> make[1]: *** [mean.lo] Error 1
>> make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I was looking around the internet and it seems like this or a similar
>> error
>> occurs when making GSL 2.0 using Xcode 7. It seems to get hung up on
>> "statistics".
>>
>> Any recommendations here? Is this a bug, or a problem with my compiler or
>> system OS? Many thanks in advance for the help.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ron
>>
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