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

[Patrick Alken]

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