ROOT master compile error on MacOS

[RENATO_QUAGLIANI]

Dear experts,
I am testing an open pull request in ROOT and i want to compile the master branch on my laptop. Specifics in attachment

The error i get is in the attached text file. I know i could modify some stuff in the way i compile it, however i am not sure what to change given the error i get.

MacOs_ROOT_master_Compile_Error.txt (720.1 KB)

_ROOT Version: master
_Platform: Mac Os BigSur 11.5.1 (20G80) , Intel i7
Compiler: Not Provided

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[RENATO_QUAGLIANI]

Looks that my error is similar to

Build error on MacOS, macports... with unctrl.h / ncurses.h

Dear All, I am having problems building ROOT 6.22.00 from source on macOS. Note, my (ultimate) aim here is to update the build within MacPorts, so I am building with a number of dependencies required by that build installed in the usual MacPorts prefix, /opt/local. The build errors however can be reproduced outside MacPorts using a simple cmake build i.e. git clone git@github.com:root-project/root.git cd root git checkout v6-22-00-patches cd .. mkdir build cd build cmake ../root cmake --build…

[jalopezg]

Hi @RENATO_QUAGLIANI,

@RENATO_QUAGLIANI

Looks that my error is similar to

Indeed. I guess that just for testing code in a branch related to a pull-request, the more sensible approach (which is actually suggested in the mentioned forum thread) would be to add -Druntime_cxxmodules=OFF to the cmake command line, i.e.

$ cmake -Druntime_cxxmodules=OFF ... /path/to/source/dir
$ # run make (or ninja, etc.)

Cheers,
J.

[jonesc]

Yes, AFAIK, this is still an issue in ROOT, and we have to keep that option off still with the MacPorts builds. would be nice if it were addressed at some point.

[eguiraud]

(Please open an issue at github.com/root-project/root/issues if it was not done already)

[jonesc]

I think everything you need to know is in the original issue I submitted a while back.

[jonesc]

Build error on MacOS, macports... with unctrl.h / ncurses.h

Dear All, I am having problems building ROOT 6.22.00 from source on macOS. Note, my (ultimate) aim here is to update the build within MacPorts, so I am building with a number of dependencies required by that build installed in the usual MacPorts prefix, /opt/local. The build errors however can be reproduced outside MacPorts using a simple cmake build i.e. git clone git@github.com:root-project/root.git cd root git checkout v6-22-00-patches cd .. mkdir build cd build cmake ../root cmake --build…

[RENATO_QUAGLIANI]

The flag for cmake -Druntime_cxxmodules=OFF worked fine indeed, thanks a lot.

[eguiraud]

@Axel @vvassilev FYI

[Axel]

My search-foo fails on me: could you provide a link to the issue, please? I remember I commented (like "what is /opt/local/include/unctrl.h and why is that incompatible with ncurses.h from the macOS SDK?) but I cannot find it back…

[Axel]

Oh I guess with “issue” you were just referring to Build error on MacOS, macports... with unctrl.h / ncurses.h right? If so, we’re still waiting for someone who can reproduce this error to provide us with this:

@jonesc, could you run the invocation of rootcling with -v4 and paste the output?

Please respond here