Re: 19980818: building netcdf on J90

Rosemarie,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Super-User <address@hidden>
> Subject: building netcdf on J90
> Organization: University of Toronto/Dept of Physics
> Keywords: 199808181858.MAA25449

In the above message, you wrote:

> One of our students is hoping to use some of the software developed by the
> CSM project at NCAR. This requires netcdf. They are using version 3.3.1 so
> I have been trying to install this on our Cray J90 which is running Unicos 9.
> (Initially I started with version 3.4 which has the same problems)
> 
> The only way I can get it to pass the "make test" stage successfully, is to
> turn off double precision in the fortran code by using "f90 -d p" 
> Is this the correct thing to do?

That's the correct thing to do.  It's also in the J90 example in the
INSTALL file.

> I assume it means that anyone using netcdf
> would have troubles if they tried to use double precision?

If one wants to use netCDF with Fortran double precision values, then
one must compile the Fortran code with the "-dp" option.

> I would be very grateful for your advice.
> 
> Some minor points concerning configure:
> a)FFLAGS=${FFLAGS--O} causes the Cray to say there is no working fortran
> compiler. If you want to use optimisation you need to follow the O with a 
> number eg -O 2
> b)when it does 
> case `uname -sr` in
> the case for UNICOS is not selected because uname returns it in lower case so
> it could be changed to
> sn*|UNICOS*|unicos*) in place of sn*|UNICOS*)

Thanks!  I'll make these changes.

> 
> Thanks!
>   Rosemarie Drummond
> 
> 
> Rosemarie Drummond.
> Dept of Physics, University of Toronto,
> 60 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, M5S 1A7
> Tel (416)-978-8218  Fax (416)-978-8905
> email: address@hidden

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