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20030605: Quick question on compiling gempak 5.6.j.

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  • Subject: 20030605: Quick question on compiling gempak 5.6.j.
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:18:09 -0600
Stonie,

The endian-ness is defined for the OPSYS type "Linux",
so your Makeinc.${NA_OS} must have "OPSYS = Linux".
That will allow the appropriate MCHPRM.Linux include file to
be found which sets MTMACH =  MTLNUX.

The dm library code checks for MTLNUX and other little endian machine
types.

Steve

On Thu, 5 Jun 2003, Stonie R. Cooper wrote:

> Steve,
>
> Playing with a new Linux distro (SuSE 8.2), and the make did something weird
> with gempak 5.6.j - trying to debug; almost everything compiled without
> incident (except Garp), but everything was compiled big endian.  So, I have
> gui and interface - but no data, including maps, can be displayed.
>
> What is the magical macro that sets the compile to be little endian?  I also
> noticed the .INIT did not run, either - so had to make the install dirs by
> hand.  This is with gmake 3.80 and gcc 3.3.  Thanks!
>
> Stonie
>