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

> Rather than try to chase a problem that might be related to how the
> previous package was built, I went for a clean build.
> 
> Everything seems to have worked for me.

I'm very glad to hear that!


> In the past, I didn't realize that the make target was "programs_gif"
> and I would try things like "gdplot2_gif" as the target.  That fails
> since the target does not exist in the makefile.
> 
> Is there a reason not to build these programs as part of the default
> "make all"?


the command "make everything" will execute all of

make distclean
make all
make install
make programs_gf
make programs_nc

but will not execute make programs_gif because the _gif make is only available 
for a select few programs, GEMPAK build is not designed to go through the 
programs source code hierarchy for _gif builds. 

A solution would be: 

* edit $GEMPAK/source/programs/gd/gdplot2/Makefile
* change line 241 from

programs_gf: $(PROG_GF)

to

programs_gf: $(PROG_GF) ($PROG_GIF)

which will build gdplot2_gif during the "make programs_gf" portion of "make 
everything"


-Michael James
Unidata


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: VBA-759926
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: Normal
Status: Open