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Re: 20000218: FCALLSCFUN4, FCALLSCFUN8 problem in uniunits installation

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  • Subject: Re: 20000218: FCALLSCFUN4, FCALLSCFUN8 problem in uniunits installation
  • Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 13:57:23 -0700
Jianfu Pan,

> To: address@hidden
> From: Jianfu Pan <address@hidden>
> Subject: FCALLSCFUN4, FCALLSCFUN8 problem in uniunits installation 
> Organization: NASA
> Keywords: 200002181939.MAA10304

In the above message, you wrote:

>    I'm trying to install the latest Udunits software on our cray.  My
> installation failed due to an c89 compilation error caused by "double *" and
> "long double *" data type mismatch in the functions FCALLSCFUN4 and
> FCALLSCFUN8.  I don't know which arguments of the functions are having the
> mismatch problem.  Could you tell me how to fix this or how to get around this
> problem? 

I'll need more information.  Please perform steps 2 through 6 near the
end of the file INSTALL.

>    I'm using version 1.11.7.  Is this the right version for cray?

Yes.

> =============================================
> The following is the message from "make all"
> =============================================
> 
> making `all' in directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src/port
> 
> 
> making `all' in directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src/port/misc
> 
>       c89 -c -O -I.  -D_REENTRANT  uddummy.c
> FORCE: No action was taken.
>       ar rcuv libudport.a uddummy.o 
> a - uddummy.o
>       case "" in \
>       '') ;; \
>       *)  ar rucv libudport.a ;; \
>       esac
>       ranlib libudport.a
> FORCE: No action was taken.
> 
> returning to directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src/port
> 
> 
> making `all' in directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src/port/cfortran
> 
> all: No action was taken.
> 
> returning to directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src/port
> 
> FORCE: No action was taken.
> 
> returning to directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src
> 
> 
> making `all' in directory /u1/jpan/udunits-1.11.7/src/lib
> 
>       c89 -c -O -I../port/misc -I../port/cfortran 
> -DUT_DEFAULT_PATH='"/u1/jpan/udunits/etc/udunits.dat"'  utlib.c
> CC-82 c89: WARNING File = utlib.c, Line = 1188
>   Storage class specifier is not the first specifier in the declaration.
> 
>       const register utUnit   *unit;
>             ^

You might try switching the "const" and the "register" in the above.

> 
> CC-167 c89: ERROR File = utlib.c, Line = 1782
>   Argument of type "long double *" is incompatible with parameter of type
>           "double *".

Interesting.  After performing the above, would you please go into the
lib/ subdirectory, execute the command "make utlib.i", and send me the
file "utlib.i".

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>