get error when configure with --enable-static

[wxlg1117]

[root@localhost htop-3.2.1]# dnf install ncurses-devel automake autoconf gcc
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Package ncurses-devel-6.1-9.20180224.el8.x86_64 is already installed.
Package automake-1.16.1-7.el8.noarch is already installed.
Package autoconf-2.69-29.el8.noarch is already installed.
Package gcc-8.5.0-10.1.el8_6.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!

[root@localhost htop-3.2.1]# ./configure --enable-static
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
checking for library containing opendir... no
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/param.h usability... yes
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking sys/utsname.h usability... yes
checking sys/utsname.h presence... yes
checking for sys/utsname.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking whether sys/types.h defines makedev... no
checking sys/mkdev.h usability... no
checking sys/mkdev.h presence... no
checking for sys/mkdev.h... no
checking sys/sysmacros.h usability... yes
checking sys/sysmacros.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sysmacros.h... yes
checking for sys/sysmacros.h... (cached) yes
checking execinfo.h usability... yes
checking execinfo.h presence... yes
checking for execinfo.h... yes
checking for pid_t... yes
checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes
checking for uint8_t... yes
checking for uint16_t... yes
checking for uint32_t... yes
checking for uint64_t... yes
checking for alloc_size... yes
checking for NaN support... no
configure: WARNING: Compiler does not respect NaN, some functionality might break; consider using '-fno-finite-math-only'
checking for ceil in -lm... no
configure: error: can not find required function ceil()
[root@localhost htop-3.2.1]#

but it can be completed without --enable-static .

[root@localhost htop-3.2.1]# ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
checking for library containing opendir... none required
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/param.h usability... yes
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking sys/utsname.h usability... yes
checking sys/utsname.h presence... yes
checking for sys/utsname.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking whether sys/types.h defines makedev... no
checking sys/mkdev.h usability... no
checking sys/mkdev.h presence... no
checking for sys/mkdev.h... no
checking sys/sysmacros.h usability... yes
checking sys/sysmacros.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sysmacros.h... yes
checking for sys/sysmacros.h... (cached) yes
checking execinfo.h usability... yes
checking execinfo.h presence... yes
checking for execinfo.h... yes
checking for pid_t... yes
checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes
checking for uint8_t... yes
checking for uint16_t... yes
checking for uint32_t... yes
checking for uint64_t... yes
checking for alloc_size... yes
checking for NaN support... yes
checking for ceil in -lm... yes
checking for library containing dlopen... -ldl
checking for library containing clock_gettime... none required
checking for clock_gettime... yes
checking for dladdr... yes
checking for faccessat... yes
checking for fstatat... yes
checking for host_get_clock_service... no
checking for memfd_create... yes
checking for openat... yes
checking for readlinkat... yes
checking for waddwstr in -lncursesw6... no
checking for waddwstr in -lncursesw... yes
checking ncursesw/curses.h usability... yes
checking ncursesw/curses.h presence... yes
checking for ncursesw/curses.h... yes
checking for library containing keypad... none required
checking for set_escdelay... yes
checking for getmouse... yes
checking for usable sched_setaffinity... yes
checking for backtrace in -lunwind... no
checking libunwind.h usability... no
checking libunwind.h presence... no
checking for libunwind.h... no
checking libunwind/libunwind.h usability... no
checking libunwind/libunwind.h presence... no
checking for libunwind/libunwind.h... no
checking for library containing backtrace... none required
checking for cap_init in -lcap... no
checking sys/capability.h usability... no
checking sys/capability.h presence... no
checking for sys/capability.h... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for LIBNL3... no
checking for LIBNL3GENL... no
checking sensors/sensors.h usability... no
checking sensors/sensors.h presence... no
checking for sensors/sensors.h... no
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wextra-semi-stmt... no
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wimplicit-int-conversion... no
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wnull-dereference... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating htop.1
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands

  htop 3.2.1

  platform:                  linux
  os-release file:           /etc/os-release
  (Linux) proc directory:    /proc
  (Linux) openvz:            no
  (Linux) vserver:           no
  (Linux) ancient vserver:   no
  (Linux) delay accounting:  no
  (Linux) sensors:           no
  (Linux) capabilities:      no
  unicode:                   yes
  affinity:                  yes
  unwind:                    no
  hwloc:                     no
  debug:                     no
  static:                    no

[root@localhost htop-3.2.1]#

[BenBE]

Which distribution is your system running on? Can you post the configure logfiles for both configurations? Especially the part regarding the checks for NaN support, and ceil would be nice.

[fasterit]

Works on Debian htop head at f3e70ab3 with autotools 2.69:

$ ./autogen.sh && ./configure --enable-static
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal --force --warnings=all 
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: creating directory build-aux
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force --warnings=all
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoheader --force --warnings=all
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing --warnings=all
configure.ac:61: installing 'build-aux/compile'
configure.ac:15: installing 'build-aux/config.guess'
configure.ac:15: installing 'build-aux/config.sub'
configure.ac:16: installing 'build-aux/install-sh'
configure.ac:16: installing 'build-aux/missing'
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
Makefile.am: installing 'build-aux/depcomp'
autoreconf: Leaving directory `.'
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking whether make supports the include directive... yes (GNU style)
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... yes
checking for library containing opendir... none required
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes
checking for string.h... (cached) yes
checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/param.h usability... yes
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking sys/utsname.h usability... yes
checking sys/utsname.h presence... yes
checking for sys/utsname.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking whether sys/types.h defines makedev... no
checking sys/mkdev.h usability... no
checking sys/mkdev.h presence... no
checking for sys/mkdev.h... no
checking sys/sysmacros.h usability... yes
checking sys/sysmacros.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sysmacros.h... yes
checking for sys/sysmacros.h... (cached) yes
checking execinfo.h usability... yes
checking execinfo.h presence... yes
checking for execinfo.h... yes
checking for pid_t... yes
checking for uid_t in sys/types.h... yes
checking for uint8_t... yes
checking for uint16_t... yes
checking for uint32_t... yes
checking for uint64_t... yes
checking for alloc_size... yes
checking for NaN support... yes
checking for ceil in -lm... yes
checking for library containing clock_gettime... none required
checking for clock_gettime... yes
checking for dladdr... no
checking for faccessat... yes
checking for fstatat... yes
checking for host_get_clock_service... no
checking for memfd_create... yes
checking for openat... yes
checking for readlinkat... yes
checking for sd_bus_open_system in -lsystemd... no
checking for waddwstr in -lncursesw6... no
checking for waddwstr in -lncursesw... yes
checking ncursesw/curses.h usability... yes
checking ncursesw/curses.h presence... yes
checking for ncursesw/curses.h... yes
checking for library containing keypad... none required
checking for library containing Gpm_GetEvent... no
checking for set_escdelay... yes
checking for getmouse... yes
checking for usable sched_setaffinity... yes
checking for lzma_index_buffer_decode in -llzma... no
checking for backtrace in -lunwind... no
checking libunwind.h usability... no
checking libunwind.h presence... no
checking for libunwind.h... no
checking libunwind/libunwind.h usability... no
checking libunwind/libunwind.h presence... no
checking for libunwind/libunwind.h... no
checking for library containing backtrace... none required
checking for cap_init in -lcap... no
checking sys/capability.h usability... no
checking sys/capability.h presence... no
checking for sys/capability.h... no
checking for sensors_init in -lsensors... yes
checking sensors/sensors.h usability... yes
checking sensors/sensors.h presence... yes
checking for sensors/sensors.h... yes
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wextra-semi-stmt... no
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wimplicit-int-conversion... no
checking whether C compiler accepts -Wnull-dereference... yes
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating htop.1
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands

  htop 3.2.1

  platform:                  linux
  os-release file:           /etc/os-release
  (Linux) proc directory:    /proc
  (Linux) openvz:            no
  (Linux) vserver:           no
  (Linux) ancient vserver:   no
  (Linux) delay accounting:  no
  (Linux) sensors:           yes
  (Linux) capabilities:      no
  unicode:                   yes
  affinity:                  yes
  unwind:                    no
  hwloc:                     no
  debug:                     no
  static:                    yes