<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Hi,<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I received the following messages when trying to configure GMP 4.2.1 on AIX 5.2.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Please note that this is a 64-bit environment.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 1) warning #1<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> checking sys/sysinfo.h presence... yes<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: present but cannot be compiled<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h:     check for missing prerequisite headers?<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: see the Autoconf documentation<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h:     section "Present But Cannot Be Compiled"<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: sys/sysinfo.h: in the future, the compiler will take precedence<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING:     ## -------------------------------- ##<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to gmp-bugs@swox.com ##<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING:     ## -------------------------------- ##<o:p></o:p> checking for sys/sysinfo.h... yes<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 2) warning #2<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> checking if globals are prefixed by underscore... /usr/local/bin/nm: Only -X 32_64 is supported<o:p></o:p> unknown<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: +----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: | Cannot determine global symbol prefix.<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: | /usr/local/bin/nm -B -X64 output doesn't contain a global data symbol.<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: | Will proceed with no underscore.<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: | If this is wrong then you'll get link errors referring<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: | to ___gmpn_add_n (note three underscores).<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: | In this case do a fresh build with an override,<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: |     ./configure gmp_cv_asm_underscore=yes<o:p></o:p> configure: WARNING: +----------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p> checking how to switch to read-only data section...           .csect _conftest.ro_c[RO],3<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 3) error #1<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> checking how to define a 32-bit word... /usr/local/bin/nm: Only -X 32_64 is supported<o:p></o:p> /usr/local/bin/nm: Only -X 32_64 is supported<o:p></o:p> configure: error: cannot determine how to define a 32-bit word<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I downloaded GMP 4.2.1 from the USA East FTP server at: http://swox.com/gmp/#DOWNLOAD<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I unzipped the dowloaded GMP file, untarred it, and the first time I ran configure I received these same messages plus additional warnings about the gcc linker.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> So, I replaced the file /usr/local/powerpc-ibm-aix5.2.0.0/bin/ld with a symlink to the delivered AIX linker /usr/ccs/bin/ld per the warning message's instructions. That got rid of the gcc linker warnings.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I re-ran configure and still have the above three messages.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I have attached various system info as requested in the manual, the config.log file as requested, and I trapped the output of the configure run into the runlog2.txt file.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Any suggestions you could offer on how to get by these messages would be greatly appreciated.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thank you.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> - Pete Ryan<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> --- Peter D. Ryan 703-902-4541 ryan_peter@bah.com Booz | Allen | Hamilton <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">8251 Greensboro Drive, #J1102</st1:Street> <st1:City w:st="on">McLean</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">VA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">22102-3838</st1:PostalCode></st1:address> <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>