From bd41d7a9b404ae72268c8e4482b98cc3d4ed093e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bill Wendling Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 12:28:57 -0500 Subject: [svn-r3338] Purpose: Documentation of bug Description: The --enable-static-exec flag doesn't work for Solaris and Linux systems. On Solaris this is due to there not being a static version of the libdl library. On Linux, it fails during the testing. --- RELEASE | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE index a118268..2a10566 100644 --- a/RELEASE +++ b/RELEASE @@ -378,6 +378,16 @@ Platforms Tested Known Problems ============== +* The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for Solaris + platforms. This is due to the fact that not all of the system + libraries on Solaris are available in a static format. + + The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile + on Linux platforms using the gcc-2.95.2 compiler. + + It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms + during configuration. + * With the gcc 2.95.2 compiler, HDF 5 uses the `-ansi' flag during compilation. The ANSI version of the compiler complains about not being able to handle the `long long' datatype with the warning: -- cgit v0.12