[Ipopt] Created shared objects for Ipopt using the Intel compilers

[Stefan Vigerske]

Hi,

the AC_COIN_PROG_F77 macro has lines

# correct the LD variable if we use the intel fortran compiler in windows
case "$F77" in
   ifort* | */ifort* | IFORT* | */IFORT*)
     LD=link
     ;;
esac


Obviously, the check whether one is on windows is missing here.
(For the C/C++ compiler there are similar lines, but the names of the 
Intel C/C++ compilers on Windows is different from the Linux variants, 
so that is working fine.)

I can look into a fix for this.
In the meanwhile, you could edit the configure scripts and just remove 
these lines. But you might have to do this in the main configure and the 
ones in the subdirectories.

Stefan

On 07/22/2015 09:14 AM, Tony Kelman wrote:
> Does it help at all if you configure with LD=ld ? I think linking with
> "link" should only be happening when you're building with the Intel
> toolchain on Windows, but something might be going down the wrong code
> path for you. I think the Intel toolchain on unix should be using the
> normal ld linker?
>
> -Tony
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Greg Kopff
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 12:11 AM
> To: Tony Kelman
> Cc: ipopt at list.coin-or.org
> Subject: Re: [Ipopt] Created shared objects for Ipopt using the Intel
> compilers
>
> Hello again Tony.
>
> When I compile with GCC, the command used to test the shared library
> support is reported as:
>
>   configure:8764: checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m
> elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries
>
> … but, as per my earlier email when using the Intel compilers it seems
> to think the linker command is ‘link’.
>
> Do you know how to control/influence the linker command?
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> —
> Greg.
>
>
>
> On 22 Jul 2015, at 5:01 pm, Greg Kopff <greg at q10stats.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Tony.
>
>
>
> On 22 Jul 2015, at 4:29 pm, Tony Kelman <kelman at berkeley.edu> wrote:
> It could get pretty messy to determine exactly where that's coming from.
> You should be able to find some evidence in config.log, either in the
> top-level build directory or one level down in the Ipopt subfolder,
> search for something like "whether to enable shared libraries" or
> "whether to build shared libraries." There might be some logic either in
> one of the configure.ac, or BuildTools/coin.m4, or libtool files that
> could be disabling shared libraries when using the Intel compilers? I
> don't have a lot of experience using the Intel compilers but I've used
> MKL a few times before and have done more than my share of debugging
> strange configure/build issues. It might help if you could upload the
> config.log and libtool files (both top-level and under Ipopt subfolder)
> to somewhere like pastebin or gist.github.com, so those of us who know
> what to look for could try skimming through them.
>
>
> Okay - I think I’ve found the relevant section.  It’s as you expected:
>
> configure:8764: checking whether the icc linker (link -m elf_x86_64)
> supports shared libraries
> configure:9722: result: no
> configure:9789: checking dynamic linker characteristics
> configure:10377: result: GNU/Linux ld.so
> configure:10386: checking how to hardcode library paths into programs
> configure:10411: result: unsupported
> configure:10425: checking whether stripping libraries is possible
> configure:10430: result: yes
> configure:11264: checking if libtool supports shared libraries
> configure:11266: result: no
> configure:11269: checking whether to build shared libraries
> configure:11290: result: no
> configure:11293: checking whether to build static libraries
> configure:11297: result: yes
> configure:11389: creating libtool
>
> Here’s the whole thing: https://gist.github.com/gkopff/a68c61883eee3191d447
>
> If you have any ideas as to _why_ configure thinks that the icc linker
> doesn’t support shared libraries, I’d love to know. :)
>
> Thanks for your help so far.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> —
> Greg.
>
>
>
>
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