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Old 11-17-2009, 09:06 PM   #1
GradientDrift
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Can't compile f77 code using gfortran or g77


I have legacy fortran 77 code that used to compile seamlessly using g77 on an old machine. I've tried to recompile it on a new machine (old one is dead) using the original makefile, but the linker fails under g77, while there are persisting syntax errors using gfortran.

I have two source files readmixed.f and subroutines.f.

Under g77 the object files are produced using

Quote:
$ f77 -c readmixed.f -o readmixed.o
$ f77 -c subroutines.f -o subroutines.o
but the linking fails with
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$ f77 readmixed.o subroutines.o -o readmixed
subroutines.o(.text+0x0): In function `norm1_':
: multiple definition of `norm1_'
readmixed.o(.text+0x3987): first defined here
subroutines.o(.text+0x59): In function `cross_':
: multiple definition of `cross_'
readmixed.o(.text+0x39e0): first defined here
subroutines.o(.text+0xb9): In function `xparse_':
: multiple definition of `xparse_'
---------------- snip ----------------

and many similar messages, for each subroutine ...
With gfortran, I don't get through the compile. The user guide suggests a couple of options that might be useful:

Quote:
-ff2c -- for f77 code
-std=legacy -- (seems to be the best of the options)
-fPIC -- a gcc option, which I recall once seeing in a posting about x86_64 options
While I think that the -ff2c is likely the option that matters (most), for all permutations of these parameters, I get errors like

Quote:
readmixed.f:14.16:

real*4 bx(sz0), by(sz0), bz(sz0), ex(sz0), ey(sz0), ez(sz0)
1
Error: Expression at (1) must be of INTEGER type, found REAL
readmixed.f:14.20:
.
.
.
readmixed.f:2062.14:

integer i
1
Warning: Nonconforming tab character at (1)
readmixed.f:2063.16:

character st*(*)
1
Warning: Nonconforming tab character at (1)
These seem to suggest that the complaint is with f77 declarations in general, as if the -ff2c option were not included (but it was).

The gfortran is part of a standard gcc install with Fedora 11:

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gfortran --version
GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.4.1 20090725 (Red Hat 4.4.1-2)
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
while I obtained the f77 compiler from yum:

Quote:
# yum -y install compat-gcc-34-g77-3.4.6-13.x86_64
.
.
.
Installed:
compat-gcc-34-g77.x86_64 0:3.4.6-13

Dependency Installed:
compat-gcc-34.x86_64 0:3.4.6-13 compat-libf2c-34.x86_64 0:3.4.6-13
As the rpms suggest, I'm using Intel x86_64 hardware:

Quote:
$ uname -a
Linux xxx.xxx.edu 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Nov 4 00:02:04 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Any suggestions for what flags to supply to either version would be appreciated!
 
Old 11-18-2009, 01:55 PM   #2
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There's been another thread recently sort of related to this (see for example post #3)

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...kware--763423/

so clearly there are some surprises with the latest gfortran and f77 compatibility.

I do have a few suggestions.

Quote:
Warning: Nonconforming tab character at (1)
If possible you might want to replace your [tabs] with whitespace; that's easy to do automatically.

Quote:
Error: Expression at (1) must be of INTEGER type, found REAL
Presumably you can fix this in code easily enough, earlier versions of fortran compilers probably just let it go or gave a warning only..

Otherwise I'd just try the other options and try to track down the errors one-by-one.
 
Old 11-18-2009, 10:18 PM   #3
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Thanks.

While the posting you linked doesn't seem to address the specifics of my case, I'll try your suggestion about replacing the tabs with spaces ...
 
  


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