[MITgcm-support] obcs_prescribe and *.h conflict?

[Ed Hill]

Hi Michael,

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In regards to the question, it appears that the comments in the
OBCS_OPTIONS.h file are out-of-date.  The correct way to enable obcs is
to treat it like any of the other packages -- that is, to add it to an
"-enable=..." list or add it to the list of packages in your
"packages.conf" file.

As an example, please see the "dome", "plume_on_slope", and "exp4"
verification setups.  Each of them uses the obcs package and they all
turn it on with entries in their "packages.conf" and "data.pkg" files:

  MITgcm/verification/exp4/code/packages.conf : obcs
  MITgcm/verification/plume_on_slope/input/data.pkg : useOBCS=.TRUE.,


Hope that helps!

Ed

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greetings:
i recently downloaded heimbach/s obcs_prescribe contribution as well as
the latest CVS of the
MITgcm code (two weeks ago).

the problem is that i follow instructions in obcs_prescribe file
'OBCS_OPTIONS.h':

more OBCS_OPTIONS.h
C
$Header: /u/gcmpack/MITgcm_contrib/heimbach/obcs_prescribe/OBCS_OPTIONS.h,v 1.1.1.1 2004/09/20 23:09:52 heimbach Exp $
C $Name:  $
 
C CPP options file for OBCS package
C
C Use this file for selecting options within the OBCS package
C
C OBCS is enabled with ALLOW_OBCS in CPP_OPTIONS.h

#ifndef OBCS_OPTIONS_H
#define OBCS_OPTIONS_H
#include "PACKAGES_CONFIG.h"
#include "CPP_OPTIONS.h"

#ifdef ALLOW_OBCS


now is CPP_OPTIONS.h (snipped)

C o Include/exclude nonHydrostatic code
#define ALLOW_NONHYDROSTATIC

C o Include/exclude obcs code
#define ALLOW_OBCS

--- now after setting MITGCM_ROOT and ROOTDIR i try to build (note this
build procedure worked without
incident on the previous version of MITgcm)

../../../MITgcm/tools/genmake2 -mods=../code -
disable=gmredi,kpp,zonal_filt,shap_filt \
 -mpi -optfile=../../../MITgcm/tools/build_options/linux_ia32_pgf77+mpi


 Searching for *OPTIONS.h files in order to warn about the presence
    of "#define "-type statements that are no longer allowed:
    found CPP_OPTIONS="../code/CPP_OPTIONS.h"
Error: In ../code/CPP_OPTIONS.h there is an illegal line: #define
ALLOW_OBCS


so... genmake2 says can/t do it.

what to do?

also why is there no complaint about the '#define ALLOW_NONHYDROSTATIC'
in CPP_OPTIONS.h ?

i/m building a simple (i hope) case for testing obcs_prescribe.

m. r. 

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