ROOT compilation on Centos7 g++ (GCC) 7.3.0 | creating hard link `rootcint' => `rootcling' fails

[Bartlomiej_Rachwal]

Hello,

Trying to compile last versions of root (6.12.06 or 6.14.02) with even minimal configuration:

-Dgminimal=ON

I found it difficult to finalized. I’m struggling with weird error of:

[ 79%] Built target RIOObjs
[ 79%] Generating dummy.cxx
Scanning dependencies of target RIO
[ 79%] Building CXX object io/io/CMakeFiles/RIO.dir/dummy.cxx.o
[ 79%] Linking CXX shared library ../../lib/libRIO.so
[ 79%] Built target RIO
Scanning dependencies of target rootcling
[ 79%] Building CXX object main/CMakeFiles/rootcling.dir/src/rootcling.cxx.o
[ 79%] Linking CXX executable ../bin/rootcling
ln: creating hard link `rootcint' => `rootcling': Operation not permitted
make[2]: *** [bin/rootcling] Error 1
make[2]: *** Removing `bin/rootcling'
make[1]: *** [main/CMakeFiles/rootcling.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

Probably something is wrong with the OS itself. Do anybody have an idea how to verify what cause this problem?

Thanks in advance,
Bartek

_ROOT Version: 6.14.02
_Platform: Centos 7
_Compiler:g++ (GCC) 7.3.0

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[Danilo]

Hi Bartek,

is the space where you are building maybe featuring some sort of odd permission scheme? Do you have enugh space? What happens if you create a hardlink in the very space where you are building?

Cheers,
D

[Bartlomiej_Rachwal]

Hi Danilo,

ugrrr… really? Indeed I’m working on shared space between VM and native system. So you are right - I cannot create a hardlink where I’m building… I will rerun building normally within the OS space that I’m working on. Great guess - my fault - thanks!!

Cheers,
Bartek

[Danilo]

Hi,

let us know how it goes.

Cheers,
D

[Bartlomiej_Rachwal]

Dear all,

The compilation went trough smoothly afterwards… it’s not save to play on OS shared disk space for building. Thank you help!

Bartek