[Rivet] faild to compile rivet on slc6 @ lxplus

[Heiner Wollny]

Dear Rivet developers,

I would like to create a rivet analysis. I followed the instructions on 
your web page for `Repository access for developers/contributors'.

I tried to configure and to compile on lxplus under slc6.
I encountered the following error message:

Not (re)generating core.cpp since Cython is not installed
rm -f fix-out-of-source
for i in __init__.py util.py plotinfo.py spiresbib.py core.pyx rivet.pxd 
core.cpp; do \
           orig="$i"; \
           build="$(basename $i)"; \
           if [ ! -e ${build} ]; then cp ${orig} ${build}; \
           echo ${build} >> fix-out-of-source; fi; \
         done
cp: cannot stat `core.cpp': No such file or directory
touch fix-out-of-source
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/afs/cern.ch/user/h/hwollny/soft/rivet2/rivet/pyext/rivet'
make[2]: Entering directory 
`/afs/cern.ch/user/h/hwollny/soft/rivet2/rivet/pyext'
CC="gcc" 
CXX="/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/contrib/gcc/4.6.2/x86_64-slc6-gcc46-opt/bin/g++" CXXFLAGS="-Wno-unused-but-set-variable 
-Wno-sign-compare" ARCHFLAGS="" /usr/bin/python setup.py install 
--install-lib=build/ --force
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet
copying rivet/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet
copying rivet/plotinfo.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet
copying rivet/spiresbib.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet
copying rivet/util.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet
running build_ext
building 'rivet.core' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet
gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 
-fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 
-mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -O2 -g -pipe -Wall 
-Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector 
--param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC 
-fwrapv -fPIC -I/afs/cern.ch/user/h/hwollny/soft/rivet2/rivet/include 
-Irivet -I/usr/include/python2.6 -c rivet/core.cpp -o 
build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.6/rivet/core.o 
-I/afs/cern.ch/user/h/hwollny/soft/RIVET3/include 
-I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/Boost/1.50.0_python2.7/x86_64-slc6-gcc46-opt/include/boost-1_50 
-Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-sign-compare 
-I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/HepMC/2.06.08/x86_64-slc6-gcc46-opt/include 
-I/afs/cern.ch/sw/lcg/external/fastjet/2.4.4/x86_64-slc6-gcc46-opt/include 
-I/afs/cern.ch/user/h/hwollny/soft/RIVET/local/include -I/usr/include
gcc: error: rivet/core.cpp: No such file or directory
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.

On lxplus cython version 0.14.1 is installed, which I guess is too old.
The file core.cpp is not created but requested in the following leading 
to the above error message. I tried to remove core.cpp from the variable 
EXTRA_DIST, however the last error message remains, as in setup.py 
core.cpp is also requested.

It would be great if you could help me.

Cheers,
Heiner


PS: I stumbled also on the following problems, which however I could 
work around by myself:

1.) Where shall one get the YODA library? My workaround was to install 
rivet using the rivet-bootstrap script and set the YODA variables to 
this installation path.

2.) there is a problem in the configure file when checking/setting the 
YODAINCPATH variable.
The option `--with-yoda-incpath=` is not respected. Even exporting the 
variable YODAINCPATH is not working. I hacked a lazy work around by 
writing before the last if query (line 16630): pkgpath=$YODAINCPATH

3.) I tried to link against FastJet version 3.3.3. However at compile 
time I get the error message that -lSISConePlugin is not found (needed 
for RivetALICEAnalyses.la). I guess the check for this lib is missing in 
the configure script. I downgraded to FastJet version 2.4.4 where this 
library is still present.
However, other errors show up instead:
CMS_2013_I1224539_DIJET.cc:7:35: fatal error: fastjet/tools/Filter.hh
CMS_2013_I1224539_DIJET.cc:8:35: fatal error: fastjet/tools/Pruner.hh: 
No such file or directory
My lazy workaround was to remove this analysis (and also 
CMS_2013_I1224539_WJET, CMS_2013_I1224539_ZJET) from the Makefile, as I 
could not find any Pruner.hh file in the LCG CERN installation of FastJet.