Is it possible to compile svdlibc on a mac (64 bit)? - c

Question

I'm trying to compile svdlibc on a 64 bit mac. Running the make file returns the error message:
main.c:1: error: CPU you selected does not support x86-64 instruction set
main.c:1: error: CPU you selected does not support x86-64 instruction set
make: *** [main.o] Error 1
Which doesn't make much sense.
The make file is:
# Linux or Windows:
CC = gcc -Wall -O4 -march=i486
# CC = icc -w1 -O3 -march=i486
# Macintosh:
ifeq ($(HOSTTYPE),powerpc)
CC = cc -pipe -O3 -Wall -fno-common -arch ppc
endif
LIBS=-lm
OBJ=svdlib.o svdutil.o las2.o
svd: Makefile main.o libsvd.a
${CC} ${CFLAGS} -o svd main.o libsvd.a ${LIBS}
mv -f $# ${HOSTTYPE}/$#
ln -s ${HOSTTYPE}/$# $#
main.o: Makefile main.c svdlib.h
${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c main.c
libsvd.a: ${HOSTTYPE} ${OBJ}
rm -f $# ${HOSTTYPE}/$#
ar cr $# ${OBJ}
ranlib $#
mv -f $# ${HOSTTYPE}/$#
ln -s ${HOSTTYPE}/$# $#
svdlib.o: Makefile svdlib.h svdlib.c
${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c svdlib.c
svdutil.o: Makefile svdutil.c svdutil.h
${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c svdutil.c
las2.o: Makefile las2.c svdlib.h svdutil.h
${CC} ${CFLAGS} -c las2.c
clean:
rm *.o
$(HOSTTYPE):
if test ! -d $(HOSTTYPE); \
then mkdir $(HOSTTYPE); fi
Editing the make file to alter the -march flag lets the compilation proceed but apparently the linking fails with:
ld: lto: could not merge in main.o because Invalid ALLOCA record for
architecture x86_64
Has anyone done this? Or is there a different svd library that I should use instead? (For large sparse matrices?)
EDIT: porneL seems to have found the problem. Changing the top line in the makefile to:
CC = gcc -Wall -O3 -march=x86-64
compilation work. Haven't tested the results yet, but looks very promising.

Answer 1

-O4 causes this for some reason. Use -O3 instead.

Answer 2

You could try with port ( http://www.macports.org/ ) it seems it s availablee :
svdlibc #1.34 (math, science)
SVDLIBC is a C library to perform singular value decomposition
Basically you ll install macports then , sudo port install svdlibc.