<div dir="ltr">I compile Erlang on many differing CentOS machines and have had no compilation errors. Despite that, I tried following your steps exactly on both an Ubuntu 12.04 and CentOS 6.4 machine and could not reproduce your error, even using the flags you provided.<div>
<br></div><div>-Jared</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:09 PM, What Name <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edwardt.tril@gmail.com" target="_blank">edwardt.tril@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Compilation under CEntos 6.x has been not goiing well since R16 is released, since a lot cof companies are using CEntos as production and not ubuntu. Can more resource be spent to make sure it works?<br>
</div><div><br>Step: autoconf, then ru configure <br><br>configure:5440: error: /opt/otp-OTP_R16B03/erts/autoconf/configure failed for erts. <br><br>./configure --prefix=/opt/erlangR16B03 --enable-threads --enable-smp-support --with-termcap --enable-kernel-poll --enable-sctp --disable-hipe --enable-native-libs --enable-shared-zlib --enable-m64-build --without-dynamic-trace --with-ssl --disable-vm-probes --without-javac --enable-megaco_reentrant_flex_scanner<br>
<br></div>Full trace:<br>This file contains any messages produced by compilers while<br>running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.<br><br>It was created by configure, which was<br>generated by GNU Autoconf 2.63. Invocation command line was<br>
<br> $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/erlangR16B03 --enable-threads --enable-smp-support --with-termcap --enable-kernel-poll --enable-sctp --disable-hipe --enable-native-libs --enable-shared-zlib --enable-m64-build --without-dynamic-trace --with-ssl --disable-vm-probes --without-javac --enable-megaco_reentrant_flex_scanner<br>
<br>## --------- ##<br>## Platform. ##<br>## --------- ##<br><br>hostname = chat64.ejabberddev.localdomain<br>uname -m = x86_64<br>uname -r = 2.6.32-358.23.2.el6.x86_64<br>uname -s = Linux<br>uname -v = #1 SMP Wed Oct 16 18:37:12 UTC 2013<br>
<br>/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown<br>/bin/uname -X = unknown<br><br>/bin/arch = x86_64<br>/usr/bin/arch -k = unknown<br>/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown<br>/usr/bin/hostinfo = unknown<br>/bin/machine = unknown<br>
/usr/bin/oslevel = unknown<br>/bin/universe = unknown<br><br>PATH: /usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin<br>PATH: /usr/local/sbin<br>PATH: /usr/sbin<br>PATH: /sbin<br>PATH: /usr/local/bin<br>PATH: /usr/bin<br>PATH: /bin<br>
PATH: /opt/nodebin/bin<br>PATH: /opt/jdk1.7.0_25/bin<br>PATH: /opt/erlangR16B02/lib/erlang/bin<br>PATH: /root/bin<br>PATH: /opt/nodebin/bin<br>PATH: /opt/jdk1.7.0_25/bin<br>PATH: /opt/erlangR16B02/lib/erlang/bin<br><br><br>
## ----------- ##<br>## Core tests. ##<br>## ----------- ##<br><br>configure:2110: checking build system type<br>configure:2128: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu<br>configure:2150: checking host system type<br>configure:2165: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu<br>
configure:2270: checking for gcc<br>configure:2286: found /usr/bin/gcc<br>configure:2297: result: gcc<br>configure:2529: checking for C compiler version<br>configure:2537: gcc --version >&5<br>gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)<br>
Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO<br>warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.<br><br>configure:2541: $? = 0<br>
configure:2548: gcc -v >&5<br>Using built-in specs.<br>Target: x86_64-redhat-linux<br>Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=<a href="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla" target="_blank">http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla</a> --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux<br>
Thread model: posix<br>gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC) <br>configure:2552: $? = 0<br>configure:2559: gcc -V >&5<br>gcc: '-V' option must have argument<br>configure:2563: $? = 1<br>configure:2586: checking for C compiler default output file name<br>
configure:2608: gcc conftest.c >&5<br>configure:2612: $? = 0<br>configure:2650: result: a.out<br>configure:2669: checking whether the C compiler works<br>configure:2679: ./a.out<br>configure:2683: $? = 0<br>configure:2702: result: yes<br>
configure:2709: checking whether we are cross compiling<br>configure:2711: result: no<br>configure:2714: checking for suffix of executables<br>configure:2721: gcc -o conftest conftest.c >&5<br>configure:2725: $? = 0<br>
configure:2751: result: <br>configure:2757: checking for suffix of object files<br>configure:2783: gcc -c conftest.c >&5<br>configure:2787: $? = 0<br>configure:2812: result: o<br>configure:2816: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler<br>
configure:2845: gcc -c conftest.c >&5<br>configure:2852: $? = 0<br>configure:2869: result: yes<br>configure:2878: checking whether gcc accepts -g<br>configure:2908: gcc -c -g conftest.c >&5<br>configure:2915: $? = 0<br>
configure:3016: result: yes<br>configure:3033: checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89<br>configure:3107: gcc -c -g -O2 conftest.c >&5<br>configure:3114: $? = 0<br>configure:3137: result: none needed<br>configure:3213: checking for g++<br>
configure:3229: found /usr/bin/g++<br>configure:3240: result: g++<br>configure:3267: checking for C++ compiler version<br>configure:3275: g++ --version >&5<br>g++ (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3)<br>Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.<br>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO<br>warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.<br><br>configure:3279: $? = 0<br>configure:3286: g++ -v >&5<br>
Using built-in specs.<br>Target: x86_64-redhat-linux<br>Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=<a href="http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla" target="_blank">http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla</a> --enable-bootstrap --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-checking=release --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,obj-c++,java,fortran,ada --enable-java-awt=gtk --disable-dssi --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-1.5.0.0/jre --enable-libgcj-multifile --enable-java-maintainer-mode --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --disable-libjava-multilib --with-ppl --with-cloog --with-tune=generic --with-arch_32=i686 --build=x86_64-redhat-linux<br>
Thread model: posix<br>gcc version 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-3) (GCC) <br>configure:3290: $? = 0<br>configure:3297: g++ -V >&5<br>g++: '-V' option must have argument<br>configure:3301: $? = 1<br>configure:3304: checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler<br>
configure:3333: g++ -c conftest.cpp >&5<br>configure:3340: $? = 0<br>configure:3357: result: yes<br>configure:3366: checking whether g++ accepts -g<br>configure:3396: g++ -c -g conftest.cpp >&5<br>configure:3403: $? = 0<br>
configure:3504: result: yes<br>configure:3570: checking for ld<br>configure:3586: found /usr/bin/ld<br>configure:3597: result: ld<br>configure:3623: checking for GNU make<br>configure:3661: result: yes (make)<br>configure:3681: checking for a BSD-compatible install<br>
configure:3749: result: /usr/bin/install -c<br>configure:3767: checking whether ln -s works<br>configure:3771: result: yes<br>configure:3821: checking for ranlib<br>configure:3837: found /usr/bin/ranlib<br>configure:3848: result: ranlib<br>
configure:3874: checking ERTS version<br>configure:3877: result: 5.10.4<br>configure:3881: checking OTP release<br>configure:3884: result: R16B03<br>configure:4281: creating ./config.status<br><br>## ---------------------- ##<br>
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CONFIG_LINKS = <br> CONFIG_COMMANDS = <br> $ ./config.status <br><br>on chat64.ejabberddev.localdomain<br><br>config.status:698: creating Makefile<br>config.status:845: WARNING: 'Makefile.in' seems to ignore the --datarootdir setting<br>
config.status:698: creating make/<a href="http://output.mk" target="_blank">output.mk</a><br>config.status:698: creating make/emd2exml<br>configure:5332: === configuring in lib (/opt/otp-OTP_R16B03/lib)<br>configure:5421: WARNING: no configuration information is in lib<br>
configure:5332: === configuring in erts (/opt/otp-OTP_R16B03/erts)<br>configure:5435: running /bin/sh /opt/otp-OTP_R16B03/erts/autoconf/configure --disable-option-checking '--prefix=/opt/erlangR16B03' '--enable-threads' '--enable-smp-support' '--with-termcap' '--enable-kernel-poll' '--enable-sctp' '--disable-hipe' '--enable-native-libs' '--enable-shared-zlib' '--enable-m64-build' '--without-dynamic-trace' '--with-ssl' '--disable-vm-probes' '--without-javac' '--enable-megaco_reentrant_flex_scanner' --cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=/opt/otp-OTP_R16B03/erts<br>
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