Re: Test release for GSL 2.8

[Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate]

GSL 2.7.101 with Apple clang 14 on Mac OS gives two of these warnings:

> ld: warning: -undefined dynamic_lookup may not work with chained fixups


Web searching finds more than one solution.  I like the following for
simplicity.  In aclocal.m4, change this line as follows.  It is guarded for
certain Mac software versions, so it should not impact other platforms.
Patch, then autoconf of course, to generate a new configure.  This should
avoid chained fixups by expanding the use of lazy binding.

< _lt_dar_allow_undefined='$wl-undefined ${wl}dynamic_lookup' ;;
> > _lt_dar_allow_undefined='$wl-undefined ${wl}dynamic_lookup
> $wl-no_fixup_chains' ;;


This patch was inspired by the same fix a year ago, in another package:
https://github.com/lcm-proj/lcm/pull/416
"Compared to using chained fix-ups, the only potential downside for us is a
slightly larger dylib"

You might think that something like this should already be in GNU autoconf
and aclocal.  My guess is that GNU is simply not caught up with recent Mac
issues, for some reason.


On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate <
dave.allured@noaa.gov> wrote:

> Patrick, thank you for your efforts so far to try to make Apple clang
> happy.  It is good to see all those filter/movstat/enum problems cleaned up.
>
> I find 234 notes or warnings remaining.  Almost all of them are fabs
> related, so probably easy fixes.  See attached files for make and make
> check.  If I could save you a release cycle by running a few short tests on
> my Mac, let me know.
>
> On the two dynamic_lookup warnings, I have a proposed simple fix.  That is
> a messy, platform dependent problem.  Hold off on that until I can send my
> proposal and explanation.
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 2:49 PM Patrick Alken <alken@colorado.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thank you all again for your reports. I have (I think) fixed all the
>> compiler warnings related to filter/movstat, as well as the fabs issues.
>> I would greatly appreciate it if you could do another round of testing
>> on this file:
>>
>> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.7.101.tar.gz
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>> On 5/12/24 13:34, Patrick Alken wrote:
>> > [External email - use caution]
>> >
>> >
>> > All, thank you for your testing reports. I believe I have addressed all
>> > the compiler warnings and other issues raised. I have uploaded a new
>> > test release here:
>> >
>> >
>> > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.7.100.tar.gz
>> >
>> >
>> > I would greatly appreciate if everyone can run the tests again:
>> >
>> > ./configure && make && make check
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Patrick
>> >
>> >
>> > On 5/10/24 16:04, Patrick Alken wrote:
>> >> [External email - use caution]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dear all,
>> >>
>> >>   It is time to make a new GSL release. I have uploaded a test release
>> >> to:
>> >>
>> >> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.7.99.tar.gz
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gsl/gsl-2.7.99.tar.gz.sig
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> All reports are welcome - anyone who can test on various platforms
>> would
>> >> be appreciated (Linux, BSD, Mac OS, Windows).
>> >>
>> >> Please try testing the build:
>> >>
>> >> ./configure && make && make check
>> >>
>> >> If you wish you can test building the documentation, but you will need
>> >> to install the python-based sphinx software first:
>> >>
>> >> 1. pip install -U --user Sphinx
>> >>
>> >> 2. pip install -U --user sphinx_rtd_theme
>> >>
>> >> (the --user flag will install in your home directory rather than
>> >> system-wide)
>> >>
>> >> 3. cd doc ; make html
>> >>
>> >> Please report any successes/failures.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Patrick
>>
>