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Sandy, >Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 16:43:43 -0400 >From: Sandy Sillman <address@hidden> >Organization: University of Michigan >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: netCDF on Linux with NAG fortran > Keywords: 200404012156.i31LuuCT013274 netCDF 3.5.1 The above message contained the following: > I may have found a solution to the problem with 'make test' on Linux, which > I asked you earlier - and which you discussed at the site > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/msgout?/glimpse/netcdf/4475 > > I found that the fortran link statement with NAG fortran needs a library > attached at the end: -lg2c > > (The libraries must be at the end, after the object files - you probably > know all about that.) Excellent! Thanks for sending this in. > I repeated 'make test', after going into the directory nf_test and manually > adding -lg2c to the Makefile in that directory. The line became > > nf_test: $(OBJS) $(lib_netcdf) > $(LINK.F) $(OBJS) $(ld_netcdf) $(FLIBS) $(MATHLIB) $(LIBS) -lg2c The "preferred" way to do this would be make distclean ... LIBS=-lg2c ./configure ... > Now I still get error messages, but not a crash - diagnostic messages. > > test.log is pasted here, in text - for your information. > > I hope this is useful. > > Sandy Sillman > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Sanford Sillman (Sandy) > Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences > 2455 Hayward Street, Room 1541C SRB > University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109-2143 (USA) > > PHONE: 734-763-4217 FAX: 734-936-0503 (best) or 734-764-4585 > E-MAIL: address@hidden > WEB SITE: http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~sillman > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > [sillman@ravenclaw netCDF]$ cat test2.log > test2.c > with -lg2c added to nf_test Makefile fortran compile. - by hand > > make[1]: Entering directory > `/home/sillman/cmaq03/lib/netCDF/netcdf-3.5.1/src' ... > Making `test' in directory > /home/sillman/cmaq03/lib/netCDF/netcdf-3.5.1/src/nf_test > > make[2]: Entering directory > `/home/sillman/cmaq03/lib/netCDF/netcdf-3.5.1/src/nf_test' > /usr/local/bin/f95 -o nf_test -O -I /usr/local/lib/fl90_modules -dusty -w > test_get.o test_put.o nf_error.o nf_test.o test_read.o test_write.o util.o > fortlib.o ../libsrc/libnetcdf.a -lm -lg2c > ./nf_test -c > *** Testing nf_strerror ... > *** Testing nf_open ... > nf_open: No such file or directory > nf_redef of read-only file should fail > nf_open: No such file or directory > nf_close: Not a netCDF id > > ### 7 FAILURES TESTING nf_open! ### > *** Testing nf_close ... > nf_open: No such file or directory > nf_close failed: Not a netCDF id > nf_open: No such file or directory > nf_close in data mode failed: Not a netCDF id ... This is bizarre. Does the same thing happen if you execute a "make clean" in the "nf_test" subdirectory first? For example: cd nf_test make clean ... make >make.log 2>&1 make test >test.log 2>&1 Regards, Steve Emmerson