Problem intalling ROOT 5.16 on SL3

ROOT
#1

Hi all

I have a problem to install ROOT v5.16 on Scintific Linux 3. When trying to
compile the first file i get the following error message from make

[i]gcc -O2 -pipe -m32 -Wall -W -fPIC -Iinclude -pthread -DINCLUDEDIR="/usr/include" -DOBJSUFFIX=".o" -o build/rmkdepend/cppsetup.o -c build/rmkdepend/cppsetup.c

make: expand.c:489: allocated_variable_append: Assertion `current_variable_set_list->next != 0’ failed.
[/i]

Asking Google about this error message it looks like there is an error in
version 3.79 of make used by Scientific Linux 3.

On the download page of ROOT i can see that there is a tar file for SL3.

Can someone explain me what yu did to compile ROOT on SL3.

Thanks in advance

Florian Uhlig

#2

I do not see any problem under SLC3 with make version 3.79.
The only thing that I can suggest is to
make distclean
./configure
make

and post your config.log and config.status files.

Rene

#3

Thank you verry much.

The trick with make distclean before the configuration does the job.
What i don’t understand is why i have to do a distclean before the
configuration. This means there is something in the tarball what doesn’t
belongs there. Is this correct?

Ciao

Florian

#4

In case you untar the tar ball in an existing directory, you still get the old files.
When old classes are deleted or moved to a different directory, you may get problem
if you do not distclean.

Rene

#5

That i can have problem with an already existing is clear, but i didn’t untar in an existing directory. This problem occurs with a clean new installation.

Ciao

Florian