[Rivet] swig version not compatible for rivet installation

[Ulla Blumenschein]

Hello Andy,

Many thanks for the feedback!
We would like to add two new analyses. Is it possible to test them with the
prebuild installation?

Cheers,
Ulla

On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Andy Buckley <andy.buckley at cern.ch> wrote:

> On 30/06/13 11:11, Ulla Blumenschein wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I  am
> > using /afs/
> cern.ch/atlas/software/releases/17.2.8/gcc-alt-436/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/gcc
> > <
> http://cern.ch/atlas/software/releases/17.2.8/gcc-alt-436/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/gcc
> >
> > and  my PATH
> > contains /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/swig/1.3.40/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt
> > <http://cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/swig/1.3.40/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt> at
> > the beginning
> >
> > When I install Rivet I get the message:
> > checking if
> > /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/swig/1.3.40/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/swig
> > <
> http://cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/swig/1.3.40/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/swig>
> > is compatible with the g++ compiler... no
> > configure: error: Can't build Python extension since
> > /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/swig/1.3.40/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/swig
> > <
> http://cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/swig/1.3.40/x86_64-slc5-gcc43-opt/bin/swig>
> > is not compatible with g++. Get a newer SWIG version!
>
> Hi Ulla,
>
> The Rivet 1.x build system tries to get SWIG to make a Python interface
> for a very simple C++ test program, then reports whether or not it was
> successful. For some reason it is not being successful with your setup,
> but this may be an issue with your environment's compiler setup rather
> than SWIG specifically. Can you look in config.log to find the place
> where the failure occurs, and post that bit so we have a bit more
> information?
>
> Since you obviously have AFS access, is there a reason not to use the
> pre-built Rivet installations from
> /afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/MCGenerators_lcgcmt*?
>
> Andy
>
> --
> Dr Andy Buckley, Royal Society University Research Fellow
> Particle Physics Expt Group, University of Edinburgh / PH Dept, CERN
>



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