Re: shared libraries possible with old g++, g77?

[Ed Hartnett]

Bob Friesenhahn <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, 13 May 2008, Ed Hartnett wrote:
>>
>> I am the maintainer for a freeware scientific software library called
>> netcdf. There are C, Fortran, and C++ libraries.
>>
>> When building shared libraries with older versions of the tools, I get
>> problems. gcc works fine, and I get a shared C library, but my fortran
>> and C++ programs seg fault instead of working. For example:
>>        make  check-TESTS
>> *** Testing C++ API with 2 different netCDF formats.
>> /bin/sh: 14312 Segmentation fault(coredump)
>>
>> Is this expected? Or should I be able to build shared libraries with
>> version 3.2 of g++ and g77?
>
> You have not given much to go on here.  Are you sure that your
> software doesn't have a bug?  Maybe you should try to debug it.
>

Well, it works for a static build, and for shared builds with more
modern gcc/gfortran/g++ combinations...

Ed

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