Re: mkoctfile, LINK_DEPS and -lhdf5

[Per Persson]

On Feb 14, 2004, at 21:19, Paul Kienzle wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Robert Kirchner reported a Mac OS X build failure to
> me (private mail), which I believe can be traced to
> mkoctfile not including $LIBS on the LINK_DEPS
> line.
>
> Specifically, the failure is that it is not finding
> the H5 routines in David Bateman's ov-galois.cc
> since -lhdf5 is not on the link line.

Yup, just noticed that...

> I notice $FLIBS is not there either, but I have no
> evidence that this is a problem.

I think it would be if you were to use a fortran routine.

> Perhaps someone with more experience with Mac OS X
> builds could comment on this.

AFAIK, every dependency has to be stated explicitly.

This is all related to a patch I've prepared to fix shared builds on OS 
X.
I think it would be a good idea to get it all wrapped up in one go.

Please see other mail for patch.

/Per