configure script clears CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS about nest-simulator HOT 7 CLOSED

$ rpm -E %configure

  CFLAGS="${CFLAGS:--O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic}" ; export CFLAGS ; 
  CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS:--O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic}" ; export CXXFLAGS ; 
  FFLAGS="${FFLAGS:--O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -I/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules}" ; export FFLAGS ; 
  FCFLAGS="${FCFLAGS:--O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -I/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules}" ; export FCFLAGS ; 
  LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS:--Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld}"; export LDFLAGS; 
  [ "1" = 1 ] && for i in $(find $(dirname ./configure) -name config.guess -o -name config.sub) ; do 
      [ -f /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/$(basename $i) ] && /usr/bin/rm -f $i && /usr/bin/cp -fv /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/$(basename $i) $i ; 
  done ; 
  [ "1" = 1 ] && [ x != "x-specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld" ] && 
      for i in $(find . -name ltmain.sh) ; do 
        /usr/bin/sed -i.backup -e 's~compiler_flags=$~compiler_flags="-specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld"~' $i 
      done ; 
  ./configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu \
        --program-prefix= \
        --disable-dependency-tracking \
        --prefix=/usr \
        --exec-prefix=/usr \
        --bindir=/usr/bin \
        --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
        --sysconfdir=/etc \
        --datadir=/usr/share \
        --includedir=/usr/include \
        --libdir=/usr/lib64 \
        --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \
        --localstatedir=/var \
        --sharedstatedir=/var/lib \
        --mandir=/usr/share/man \
        --infodir=/usr/share/info

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checking for gsl-config... /usr/bin/gsl-config
checking for GSL - version >= 1.0... no
*** Could not run GSL test program, checking why...
*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means
*** that the run-time linker is not finding GSL or finding the wrong
*** version of GSL. If it is not finding GSL, you'll need to set your
*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point
*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that
*** is required on your system
***
*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although
*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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checking for expm1 ... yes
checking how to run the C++ preprocessor... g++ -E
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checking for tgetstr in -lncurses... no
configure: error: You need either libncurses, libcurses, or libtermcap to compile NEST.

[asinha@stri-cluster  results]$ env | grep MPI
MPI_INCLUDE=/usr/include/openmpi-x86_64
MPI_PYTHON_SITEARCH=/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/openmpi
MPI_LIB=/usr/lib64/openmpi/lib
MPI_BIN=/usr/lib64/openmpi/bin
MPI_COMPILER=openmpi-x86_64
MPI_SYSCONFIG=/etc/openmpi-x86_64
MPI_SUFFIX=_openmpi
MPI_MAN=/usr/share/man/openmpi-x86_64
MPI_FORTRAN_MOD_DIR=/usr/lib64/gfortran/modules/openmpi-x86_64
MPI_HOME=/usr/lib64/openmpi