[vtkusers] VtkExodusReader.cxx compile error with Intel Compiler on OS X

[Mike Jackson]

I am trying to compile vtk 5.0.2 with the Intel Compiler on OS X. The
compile made it all the way to vtkHybrib where it threw a linker error:

ld: common symbols not allowed with MH_DYLIB output format with the
-multi_module option
CMakeFiles/vtkHybrid.dir/vtkExodusReader.o definition of common
__ZGVZN17vtkExodusMetadata16GetPartBlockInfoEiE6blocks (size 16)
CMakeFiles/vtkHybrid.dir/vtkExodusReader.o definition of common
__ZZN17vtkExodusMetadata16GetPartBlockInfoEiE6blocks (size 16)
libtool: internal link edit command failed

Googling for this type of error reveals that the offending line of code is
at line 633 of vtkExodusReader.cxx which is:

static vtkStdString blocks;
 
Google searches seem to indicate that the line should have some sort of
initialization of blocks. Not sure what to do with this? And not sure if I
should submit a bug report for this?

Removing "static" from the line of code allows the code to compile but I
have no idea what the ramifications of that will be since I am not familiar
with the code. Any help on this would be appreciated.

 
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Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
Innovative Management & Technology Services