[GEMPAK #VBA-759926]: Building _gif programs in GEMPAK

Hi Chris,

I can not remember if there have been updates to the _gif build for gdplot2 
since GEMPAK6.4.0.  I always recommend installing the latest version (7.0) for 
bug fixes and table updates.

Your Makefile has a programs_gif section or you wouldn't get far enough to see 
the MCHPRM.PRM error.  I build gdplot2_gif on linux64 fc12 and don't see the 
same error as you, so I would like to see your gdplot2/Makefile and Gemenviron 
file. 

Gemenviron will determine which/Makeinc.common* file to include, which will 
determine which Makeinc.linux* file to include, which will then determine which 
MCHPRM file to use... for example:

Makeinc.linux64_gfortran:OPSYS = Linux
Makeinc.linux64_gfortran:MCHSYS = MCHPRM.$(OPSYS)_gfortran

So my guess is that the wrong file is being linked... will have to look at the 
file to know.


-Michael James
Unidata



> Hi folks,
> 
> We lost an old version of GEMPAK that we had previously built all of the
> _gif programs in.  We use GEMPAK to build images for our web server and
> 
> would prefer not to deal with X server issues to make our scripts work.
> 
> (By the way, if anyone knows how to disable the "AUDIT" event that
> happens with a Redhat X.org configuration, please shoot me an email!  We
> 
> are generating ~15 GB of messages in less than a day.)
> 
> Anyway, I found this note from a while ago:
> 
> https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/gempak/msg04409.html
> 
> However, the Makefile did not appear to be included in the archive
> view.  We are also hoping to build gdplot2_gif (or gdplot3_gif), so that
> 
> message looked promising at first.
> 
> Here is what I tried to do:
> 
> [herbster@zephyr GEMPAK6.4.0]$ pwd
> 
> /storage/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/GEMPAK6.4.0
> 
> [herbster@zephyr GEMPAK6.4.0]$ cd gempak/source/programs/gd/gdplot2
> 
> [herbster@zephyr gdplot2]$ make programs_gif
> 
> gfortran -fno-second-underscore -fno-range-check -fd-lines-as-comments 
> -I/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/gempak/include 
> -I/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/include -g   gdplot2.f 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gdplot2.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/sfmap.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gdstream.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gdmap.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/ginitp_alt.o 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gendp_alt.o 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gemlib.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gplt.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/device.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gif.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gn.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/gemlib.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/cgemlib.a 
> /opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools
 /gempak/os/linux64/lib/libnetcdf.a 
/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/libjasper.a 
/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/libpng.a 
/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/libz.a 
/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/rsl.a 
/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/lib/libbz2.a  -lm -o 
/opt/wrf/Web-Devel/WebTools/gempak/os/linux64/bin/gdplot2_gif
> 
> Error: Can't open included file 'MCHPRM.PRM'
> 
> make: *** [gdplot2_gif] Error 1
> 
> [herbster@zephyr gdplot2]$ grep MCHPRM.PRM ../../../../../find.out
> 
> ./os/linux64/include/MCHPRM.PRM
> 
> It looks like there is something like an environment variable that has
> to be set when you start this low in the tree, but I'm out of my league
> with that guess.  There are no errors up to the point where it fails.
> 
> I'd be happy to send pieces if you need them.
> 
> I know this is an older version of the program.  If this is "ready to
> go" in the latest release let me know.  The version I have (6.4.0) has
> "gpmap_gif" which is why I am using it.  (I'd love to have ALL of the
> GIF enabled programs if there is a systematic way to make that happen.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Best to all,
> Chris Herbster
> 
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> 
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> Associate Professor
> Director of Science and Technology
> for the ERAU Weather Center
> Applied Aviation Sciences
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VBA-759926
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open