[Mitgcm-support] RE: SunOS5.7

[mitgcm-support at dev.mitgcm.org]

Hi Mark,

 Linux is probably the easiest option. Thats what we use here in the
development group and its what most people are moving toward. The Redhat
linux distributions (RH7,8,9) with the GNU, Intel or Portland group
compilers are what we use on a daily basis. That said the code should
compile on SunOS with a few tweaks to the make file generating script,
genmake. I have three suggestions for the SunOS side if you have time to
keep trying

 1. Take the code direct from the CVS tree. This is described in the
on-line documentation. You have to learn a couple of new tricks but once
you know these it makes it a bit easier to see what you have done
etc....

 2. Check with Martin Losch (I'm cc'ing him). He was recently doing
MITgcm work on Sun machines with some OS. He may recognize the compiler
flags that need tweaking. If we're lucky Martin may have a block of
settings that can go into the MITgcm genmake script that will work with
your version of SunOS and your compiler revision.

 3. Try using the gnu compilers under SunOS if you have them.

Chris Hill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Inall [mailto:mei at dml.ac.uk] 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 12:30 PM
> To: Support at mitgcm.org
> Subject: SunOS5.7
> 
> 
>  Hi, I've just downloaded MITgcm in the zipped tar form. My 
> interest is
> in fjordic  flows of salinity stratified water over steep topographic
> sills, and the  generation of internal jumps, bores etc and also
> propagating internal waves. We  are predominantly an observational
> group, however I was motivated by Sonia  Legg's talk at EGS/AGU last
> week about internal tide/wave generation on a  corrugated slope - and
> discussion thereafter with and old friend Tom Haine  convinced me to
> have a go with the MITgcm! So I'm trying it out on the only 
> unix machine
> I have to hand right now, an old Sun  sparc 10 running SunOS5.7. Am I
> wasting my time? Should I get myself a linux  machine? I've tried to
> compile for a few of the verification expts - the  following problems
> are encountered each time. Any help you can give would be  hugely
> appreciated. Thanks in anticipation.
> 
> Mark.
> 
>   Trying to compile for exp4 the problems so far on the Sun have been 
> 1) make depend   .......... load of fortran files then  write_state.F
> ./mdep22933a: cpp: not found (repeated hundreds of times)  2) 
> make  f77
> illegal options -xtypemap and -xarch ld: fatal: symbol referenceing
> errors   
> 
> Dr Mark Inall
> Lecturer in Marine Physics
> Scottish Association for Marine Science
> Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
> Oban PA34 4AD
> 
> email: mei at dml.ac.uk
> 
> 
> 
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