[daip] AIPS text version woes

[Michael Bietenholz]

Thanks Eric - I'll have a go when I'm back in Toronto next week

                 cheers,   michael

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, Eric Greisen wrote:

> On 05/18/2015 01:03 AM, Michael Bietenholz wrote:
>> Hi Eric:
>> 
>> So - just to confirm, you've found that
>> 
>> gcc/gfortran 4.8.2 through 4.9.2 all see to fail.
>> 
>> gcc/gfortran 4.4.7 seems to compile AIPS and produce reasonably fast
>>   executables, but renders gdb unusable
>> 
>> g77 (3.4.6?) also compiles ok, slower executables but gdb works?
>> 
>> I did get it to compile seemingly ok with gcc 4.4.5 but haven't
>> had a chance to test yet.
>> 
>>
>>                   thanks,   michael
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 05/08/2015 03:07 PM, Michael Bietenholz wrote:
>>> 
>>> I gave up on gfortran even the 4.4.7 and went back to g77.
>>> The gfortran ran Y2K in 121 sec while g77 takes 174 but gdb claimed
>>> that the task just disappeared a lot when that was not part of the
>>> bugs.  I use my gnu-complied version for debugging so the gdb issue is
>>> paramount.  I can access the Intel version with a logical inside aips
>>> so I can get performance if I need it.
>>> 
>>> Sigh...
>>> 
>>> Eric
>>> 
>
> I have found things to try - after a MNJ tomorrow
>
>
>
>                AIPS considerations to use
>               gfortran versions 4.8 and up
>
>
> 1. In the $HOME/.AIPSRC file or interactively in install.pl
>   select the version (full path may be needed) of gfortran
>   plus a matching gcc.
>
>   Alternatively, you can edit $SYSLOCAL files FDEFAULT.SH and
>   LDOPTS.SH for gfortran (COMPILER) and CCOPTS.SH for gcc.
>
> 2. Edit $TST/INC/PAPC.INC to change
>
>      PARAMETER (PKPWRD = 2)
> C     PARAMETER (PKPWRD = 200000000)
>
>   to
>
> C     PARAMETER (PKPWRD = 2)
>      PARAMETER (PKPWRD = 200000000)
>
>   Note - 200 million is about 1.6 Gbytes of ram.  You can set
>   a smaller number if you want.
>
> 3. Edit $SYSUNIX/OPTIMIZE.LIS to change
>
> #  APCLN              LNX64            1           0
>
>   to
>
>   APCLN              LNX64            1           0
>
> 4. Then let INSTEP2 and INSTEP4 run.
>
>
> Eric
>