Re: MXE Octave: "... has no symbols" warning under Mac OS X

[Ben Abbott]

On Sep 24, 2013, at 4:35 PM, Anirudha Bose wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:56 AM, Anirudha Bose <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sep 24, 2013, at 11:41 AM, Ben Abbott wrote:
> 
> > On Sep 24, 2013, at 2:59 AM, Anirudha Bose wrote:
> >
> >> If you send me the entire log of octave then I can understand better. I am 
> >> not getting any such errors while building octave.
> >
> > I started by build with a "sudo make clean" and then ...
> >
> > $ autoconf
> > $ ./configure --enable-native-build --enable-shared --disable-static \
> >            --target=darwin --build=darwin --host=darwin \
> >            --enable-pic-flag
> > checking for gawk... gawk
> > checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /opt/local/bin/grep
> > checking whether ln -s works... yes
> > checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /opt/local/bin/gmkdir -p
> > checking for a BSD-compatible install... /opt/local/bin/ginstall -c
> > checking for darwin-gcc... no
> > checking for gcc... gcc
> > checking whether the C compiler works... yes
> > checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
> > checking for suffix of executables...
> > checking whether we are cross compiling... no
> > checking for suffix of object files... o
> > checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
> > checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> > checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
> > checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
> > checking for egrep... /opt/local/bin/grep -E
> > checking whether gcc needs -traditional... no
> > darwin
> > configure: creating ./config.status
> > config.status: creating Makefile
> > config.status: creating tools/set_mxe_env.sh
> > $ sudo make octave
> > [check requirements]
> > [build]    build-autoconf
> > [done]     build-autoconf
> > [build]    build-automake
> > [done]     build-automake
> > [build]    build-bison
> > [done]     build-bison
> > [build]    build-cmake
> > [done]     build-cmake
> > [build]    build-flex
> > [done]     build-flex
> > [build]    build-gperf
> > [done]     build-gperf
> > [build]    build-libtool
> > [done]     build-libtool
> > [build]    build-pkg-config
> > [done]     build-pkg-config
> > [build]    build-texinfo
> > [done]     build-texinfo
> > # create the CMake toolchain file
> > [ -d 
> > '/Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/mxe-octave-anirudha/usr/x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2/share/cmake/'
> >  ] || mkdir -p 
> > '/Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/mxe-octave-anirudha/usr/x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2/share/cmake/'
> > (if [ darwin = mingw ]; then echo 'set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME Windows)'; echo 
> > 'set(MSYS 1)'; fi; if [ darwin = msvc ]; then echo 'set(MSVC 1)'; fi; if [ 
> > yes = yes ]; then echo 'set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)'; else echo 
> > 'set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)'; fi; if [ no = yes ]; then echo 
> > 'set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS ON)'; else echo 'set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS OFF)'; fi; 
> > echo 'set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release)'; if [ darwin = msvc ]; then echo 
> > 'set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH )'; echo 'set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM 
> > BOTH)'; else echo 'set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH 
> > /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/mxe-octave-anirudha/usr/x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2)';
> >  echo 'set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)'; fi; echo 
> > 'set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)'; echo 
> > 'set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)'; echo 'set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER 
> > gcc)'; echo 'set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER g++)'; echo 'set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER 
> > /opt/local/bin/gfortran-mp-4.7)'; echo 'set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER true)'; echo 
> > 'set(PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE pkg-config)'; echo 'set(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE 
> > qmake)'; if [ darwin = msvc ]; then echo 'set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX  CACHE 
> > PATH "Installation Prefix")'; else echo 'set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX 
> > /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/mxe-octave-anirudha/usr/x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2
> >  CACHE PATH "Installation Prefix")'; fi; echo 'set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release 
> > CACHE STRING "Debug|Release|RelWithDebInfo|MinSizeRel")') > 
> > '/Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/mxe-octave-anirudha/usr/x86_64-apple-darwin11.4.2/share/cmake/mxe-conf.cmake'
> > touch cmake-toolchain-file.stamp
> > [build]    blas
> > [done]     blas
> > [build]    lapack
> > [done]     lapack
> > [build]    arpack
> > [done]     arpack
> > [build]    gmp
> > [done]     gmp
> > [build]    nettle
> > [done]     nettle
> > [build]    zlib
> > [done]     zlib
> > [build]    gnutls
> > [done]     gnutls
> > [build]    libiconv
> > [done]     libiconv
> > [build]    gettext
> > [done]     gettext
> > [build]    libidn
> > [done]     libidn
> > [build]    libgpg_error
> > [done]     libgpg_error
> > [build]    libgcrypt
> > [done]     libgcrypt
> > [build]    libssh2
> > [done]     libssh2
> > [build]    curl
> > [done]     curl
> > [build]    fftw
> > [done]     fftw
> > [build]    jpeg
> > [done]     jpeg
> > [build]    libpng
> > [done]     libpng
> > [done]     pthreads
> > [build]    freetype
> > [done]     freetype
> > [build]    fltk
> > [done]     fltk
> > [build]    expat
> > [done]     expat
> > [build]    fontconfig
> > [done]     fontconfig
> > [build]    glpk
> > [done]     glpk
> > [build]    gnuplot
> > [done]     gnuplot
> > [build]    bzip2
> > [done]     bzip2
> > [build]    jasper
> > [done]     jasper
> > [build]    xz
> > [done]     xz
> > [build]    tiff
> > [done]     tiff
> > [build]    lcms
> > [done]     lcms
> > [build]    libxml2
> > [done]     libxml2
> > [build]    libtool
> > [done]     libtool
> > [build]    graphicsmagick
> > [done]     graphicsmagick
> > [build]    hdf5
> > [done]     hdf5
> > [build]    pcre
> > [done]     pcre
> > [build]    pstoedit
> > [done]     pstoedit
> > [build]    qhull
> > [done]     qhull
> > [build]    qrupdate
> > [done]     qrupdate
> > [build]    openssl
> > [done]     openssl
> > [build]    lcms1
> > [done]     lcms1
> > [build]    libmng
> > [done]     libmng
> > [build]    dbus
> > [done]     dbus
> > [build]    qt
> > [done]     qt
> > [build]    qscintilla
> > [done]     qscintilla
> > [build]    ncurses
> > [done]     ncurses
> > [build]    readline
> > [done]     readline
> > [build]    suitesparse
> > [done]     suitesparse
> > [build]    texinfo
> > [done]     texinfo
> > [build]    octave
> >
> > Failed to build package octave!
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> > make[5]: *** [dldfcn/__magick_read__.la] Error 1
> > make[4]: *** [install] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [install] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [build-only-octave] Error 2
> > real  36m42.443s
> > user  26m19.358s
> > sys   2m45.182s
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > [log]      
> > /Users/bpabbott/Development/mercurial/mxe-octave-anirudha/log/octave
> >
> >
> > The log is attached.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > <octave.log>
> 
> I noticed that the GraphicsMagick's libraries built using MXE are all static. 
> My Macports build includes static libraries.  Is that where the problem lies?
> 
> GraphicsMagick won't compile as shared library. A separate Makefile has been 
> provided to build shared libraries on UNIX platforms. It didn't work for me. 
> I have used --build=i386 which necessarily compiles the package as static. It 
> works fine for me.
> 
> One difference I see in your logs while comparing with mine is that you have 
> X included in your build. I don't think that will be required on Mountain 
> Lion. AFAIK Octave requires an X Server on Snow Leopard only. Can you try 
> building octave with --without-x option? You need to make the change in 
> src/octave.mk specific to Darwin system. I don't have access to my Mac, so I 
> can't help you right you.
> 
> Also, if you see the src/graphicsmagick.mk file you will find that it is 
> compiled without X (--without-x), whereas your build is looking for X11 
> libraries.
> 
> I am not sure if --without-x will be recognized while building Octave. You 
> can try two things here: Either uninstall X from your Macports directory, or 
> compile GraphicsMagick with X (other packages in which X has been disabled 
> might also need this change).
> 
> - Anirudha

I modified octave.mk and added "--without-x" to configure.  Unfortunately, I 
get the same error.

Ben