Re: NEC SX-4 64 bit IEEE Netcdf

Steve,

On Thu, 4 Dec 1997, Steve Emmerson wrote:

> Thanks, but I really should have asked for the new one since this one is
> now out-of-date with-respect-to your sources.

Here is new configure.log using source from your harvey.tar.Z:

creating cache ./config.cache
checking for m4... m4
checking user-defined C compiler "cc -Xa"
checking C compiler... works
checking how to make dependencies... false
configure: warning: Empty CXX variable
configure: warning: The C++ interface will not be built
checking how to run the C preprocessor... cc -Xa -E
checking user-defined Fortran compiler "f90"... works
checking for Fortran .F compiler... 
checking if Fortran compiler handles *.F files... yes
checking for C-equivalent to Fortran routine "SUB"... sub_
checking for Fortran "byte"... no
checking for Fortran "integer*1"... no
checking for Fortran "integer(kind(1))"... yes
checking for Fortran "integer*2"... yes
checking if Fortran "integer(kind(1))" is C "signed char"... no
checking if Fortran "integer(kind(1))" is C "short"... no
checking if Fortran "integer(kind(1))" is C "int"... no
checking if Fortran "integer(kind(1))" is C "long"... yes
checking if Fortran "integer*2" is C "short"... no
checking if Fortran "integer*2" is C "int"... no
checking if Fortran "integer*2" is C "long"... yes
checking if Fortran "integer" is C "int"... no
checking if Fortran "integer" is C "long"... yes
checking if Fortran "real" is C "float"... no
checking if Fortran "real" is C "double"... yes
checking if Fortran "doubleprecision" is C "double"... yes
checking for Fortran-equivalent to netCDF "byte"... integer
checking for Fortran-equivalent to netCDF "short"... integer*2
checking for math library
checking for -lc... no
checking for -lm... yes
checking for ar... ar
checking for ranlib... :
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for ftruncate... yes
checking for st_blksize in struct stat... yes
checking whether cross-compiling... no
checking for IEEE floating point format... yes
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for size_t... yes
checking for off_t... yes
checking for ssize_t... yes
checking for ptrdiff_t... yes
checking for uchar... no
checking whether char is unsigned... yes
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
checking size of short... 2
checking size of int... 4
checking size of long... 8
checking size of float... 4
checking size of double... 8
checking size of off_t... 8
checking size of size_t... 4
checking for catman... catman
checking for manual-page index command... catman -w -M $(MANDIR)
checking binary distribution directory... /home/ftp/pub/binary/dummy_system
cmp: EOF on ./config.cache
updating cache ./config.cache
creating ./config.status
creating macros.make
udcreating fortran/nfconfig.inc
creating libsrc/ncconfig.h

Here is new config.log using source from your harvey.tar.Z:

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

configure:1017: cc -Xa -c -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG conftest.c 1>&5
configure:1217: cc -Xa -E -DNDEBUG conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:1316: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:
configure:1415: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew conftest.F  
/stmp/cshld.22412/ow28109_ppdir/i.conftest.F:

f90: warn(82): i.conftest.F, line 4: Name "r" is not used.
f90: i.conftest.F, _MAIN: There is 1 warning.
configure:1456: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:
configure:1491: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: error(109): conftest.f, line 2: Unrecognizable statement.
f90: warn(83): conftest.f, line 3: Dummy argument "value" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, sub: There are 1 error and 1 warning.
f90 fatal : /usr/lib/f90com command error : 1
configure:1491: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: error(430): conftest.f, line 2: Byte length specifier "1" is illegal.
f90: warn(83): conftest.f, line 3: Dummy argument "value" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, sub: There are 1 error and 1 warning.
f90 fatal : /usr/lib/f90com command error : 1
configure:1491: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: warn(83): conftest.f, line 3: Dummy argument "value" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, sub: There is 1 warning.
configure:1514: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: warn(84): conftest.f, line 2: Length specification for INTEGER*2 or 
                                   LOGICAL*1 is ignored.
f90: warn(83): conftest.f, line 3: Dummy argument "value" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, sub: There are 2 warnings.
configure:1548: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1550: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1552: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1554: ./conftest
configure:1595: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1597: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1599: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1601: ./conftest
configure:1642: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1644: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1646: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1648: ./conftest
configure:1689: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1691: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1693: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1695: ./conftest
configure:1740: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1742: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:

f90: warn(84): conftestf.f, line 1: Length specification for INTEGER*2 or 
                                    LOGICAL*1 is ignored.
f90: conftestf.f, _MAIN: There is 1 warning.
configure:1744: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1746: ./conftest
configure:1787: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1789: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:

f90: warn(84): conftestf.f, line 1: Length specification for INTEGER*2 or 
                                    LOGICAL*1 is ignored.
f90: conftestf.f, _MAIN: There is 1 warning.
configure:1791: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1793: ./conftest
configure:1834: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1836: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:

f90: warn(84): conftestf.f, line 1: Length specification for INTEGER*2 or 
                                    LOGICAL*1 is ignored.
f90: conftestf.f, _MAIN: There is 1 warning.
configure:1838: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1840: ./conftest
configure:1883: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1885: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1887: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1889: ./conftest
configure:1883: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1885: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1887: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1889: ./conftest
configure:1930: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1932: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1934: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1936: ./conftest
configure:1930: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1932: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1934: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1936: ./conftest
configure:1977: cc -Xa -c -DNDEBUG -hfloat0 conftest.c
configure:1979: f90 -float0 -ew -c conftestf.f
conftestf.f:
configure:1981: f90 -o conftest -float0 -ew  conftestf.o conftest.o 
configure:1983: ./conftest
configure:2016: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: error(109): conftest.f, line 1: Unrecognizable statement.
f90: conftest.f, _MAIN: There is 1 error.
f90 fatal : /usr/lib/f90com command error : 1
configure:2016: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: error(430): conftest.f, line 1: Byte length specifier "1" is illegal.
f90: warn(82): conftest.f, line 2: Name "foo" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, _MAIN: There are 1 error and 1 warning.
f90 fatal : /usr/lib/f90com command error : 1
configure:2016: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: warn(82): conftest.f, line 2: Name "foo" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, _MAIN: There is 1 warning.
configure:2037: f90 -c -float0 -ew conftest.f
conftest.f:

f90: warn(84): conftest.f, line 1: Length specification for INTEGER*2 or 
                                   LOGICAL*1 is ignored.
f90: warn(82): conftest.f, line 2: Name "foo" is not used.
f90: conftest.f, _MAIN: There are 2 warnings.
configure:2077: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c -lc   1>&5
undefined                       first referenced
 symbol                             in file
tanh                                conftest.o
ld fatal: symbol referencing errors. no output written to file conftest.
configure:2111: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c -lm   1>&5
configure:2206: cc -Xa -E -DNDEBUG conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:2240: cc -Xa -E -DNDEBUG conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:2290: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2338: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2372: cc -Xa -c -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG conftest.c 1>&5
configure:2404: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2456: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2485: cc -Xa -E -DNDEBUG conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:2550: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
"conftest.c", line 2544: vec inf: Unvectorized loop
configure:2768: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2806: cc -Xa -c -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG conftest.c 1>&5
"configure", line 2801: undefined variable: bogus
"configure", line 2801: Syntax error before or at: endian
configure:2852: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2890: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2924: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2958: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:2992: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3026: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3064: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5
configure:3102: cc -Xa -o conftest -hfloat0 -DNDEBUG  conftest.c  1>&5

> I believe that the problems you're now having stem from the fact that a
> Fortran INTEGER (which is 8 bytes) is incompatible with a C "int" (which
> is 4 bytes) and the interface code assumes that they are compatible.

I think this is correct.

> An alternative would be to see if the C compiler can somehow be
> configured to generate 8-byte "int"s.  This would, however, render the
> netCDF C library useless to C programs that weren't compiled in the same
> way.  If you're will to try this, then do the following:
> 
>     5.  Ensure that the environment variable CFLAGS contains
>       whatever is necessary to generate 8-byte "int"s.

Per says system has no specific argument for this purpose.  In barbaric
desperation I tried:
CFLAGS='-hfloat0 -Dint=long' \
However (as one example) /usr/include/stdio.h
contains line
        short    int    _smode; /* stream mode */
which made this fail.  

Per suggested using
    typedef long int;
Can you suggest a way of specifying this typedef?
It is a pity that there is no argument like gcc "-include file" to read
a specified include file before processing the regular input file.

Thanks,
Harvey

Harvey Davies, CSIRO Mathematical and Information Sciences,
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