Johan Kool <johankool@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> William Kyngesburye of http://www.kyngchaos.com/ did provide me with
> this solution to the compilation of netcdf as an universal library. I
> post it here for reference for others who might want to do a similar
> thing:
>
>
> Most packages I build ppc/intel separately, then merge with lipo, to
> deal with endian issues, and libtool quirks. I usually do a bit of
> patching to make it go smoothly.
>
> netcdf is one such split build. Assuming you're using a PPC Mac,
> configure and build the PPC version. Duplicate the source folder to
> retain the same configuration. make clean the copy.
>
> Edit libsrc/ncconfig.h and find where it defines WORDS_BIGENDIAN -
> delete that line. Edit macros.make: add $(CCFLAGS) to both the
> CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS lines.
>
> In the Terminal:
>
> $ export SDKROOT=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk
> $ export CCFLAGS="-arch i386 -isysroot $SDKROOT"
>
> and make your intel copy. Then use lipo to merge the two together.
>
>
If I knew what the heck you were talking about, I could perhaps make
this easier for you in future builds.
The next version of netCDF, 3.6.1, due to be released this month, is
the last version of netCDF which does *not* use libtool and
automake. Starting with netCDF 4.0, we have a full autotools build.
Consequently, I have been doing a lot of work on the configuration for
netCDF 4.0, and now would be a good time to include whatever might
help with this compile problem.
But I am at a bit of a loss as to what might be helpful for me to
do...
Are there any other libtool-using freeware packages which handle this
situation well? If so, what do they do that helps?
Thanks!
Ed
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