Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/09/01/11:45:13
On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Gorden Jemwa wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Gorden Jemwa wrote:
> >
> > > Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) wrote:
> > >
> > > > cygwin-owner AT XXXXXX DOT XXX wrote:
> >
> > <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
BTW, this was directed at David, not Gorden.
> > > > > I've just recently migrated to CYGWIN. I am having problems with
> > > > > installing the LAPACK (&BLAS) libraries. Specifically, I am
> > > > > (apparently) succeeding in compiling the libraries. However, when it
> > > > > comes to testing the routines only the ones that use eigsrc_(PLAT).a
> > > > > library seem to be able to give me any output while the rest are
> > > > > giving an error,for example:
> > > > > Timing square REAL LAPACK linear equations routines
> > > > > ./xlintims < stime.in> stime.out 2>&1
> > > > > make: *** [stime.out] Error 128
> > > > >
> > > > > I've done almost everything suggested previously on the archives but
> > > > > to avail. Could someone help
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > What happens if you run xlintims from the command line?
> > > >
> > > > ./xlintims < stime.in
> > >
> > > I've gone through the entire library-build process again an everything
> > > seems to be working as it should except when it comes to TIMING the
> > > Linear Equations Routines.
> >
> > > Running the command "xlintims < stime.in" gives no output.
> >
> > What is the return code of that command? Try "echo $?" after running it.
>
> > > The Eigensystem Routines are working fine though.
>
> The return code is 128
Well, then, "make" behaves as expected -- if the command returns a
non-zero return code, it's an error as far as "make" is concerned. Is
returning 128 the expected behavior for "xlintims"? If so, the Makefile
is buggy -- it should ignore the return code. If not, then you have to
debug "xlintims" -- figure out *why* it returns 128.
FWIW, here's something of interest (from
<http://scv.bu.edu/SCV/FAQ/batchcode.txt>, heavily snipped):
When a program finishes executing it returns an exit code to the
system. The batch system reports this exit code. There are three
general ways for the exit code of a program to be set.
1) The program can explicitly call exit() (or return from main(),
which eventually calls exit()). In this case the exit code is
the argument to exit() and its meaning depends on the program.
The call to exit() may actually occur in a library routine that
your program uses. The only known example of this is the FORTRAN
io library. The FORTRAN io routines set an exit code in the range
100 - 185 when an error occurs. The specific meaning of these codes
can be found in the appendix to the Fortran 77 Programmer's Guide
(available online as an insight book).
2) The program executes the last instruction in main(), (not
calling exit() or return). In this case the system sets the
exit code to 0.
3) The program can terminate due to the receipt of a signal. In
this case the system sets the exit code to 128 + <signal number>.
[snip]
Here case 1 probably applies, since there's no signal 0. However,
<http://www.ac3.edu.au/SGI_Developer/books/F77_PG/sgi_html/apa.html#id63629>,
which is one place that lists the error codes, doesn't have an entry for
128. You're going to have to debug this yourself...
BTW, one other interesting thing I found, when Googling for "LAPACK
xlintimes 128 stime.in", is a .ps file titled "LAPACK Working Note 41
Installation Guide for LAPACK" (second and fourth matches). The bits of
interest are quoted below:
Small data sets are indicated by lower case names, such as
stime.in, and large data sets are indicated by upper case names,
such as STIME.in.
...
The small data sets for the REAL version are stime.in, sband.in,
and stime2.in, respectively, and the large data sets are STIME.in,
SBAND.in, and STIME2.in.
This will *not* work properly on Windows, and won't on Cygwin either
unless you use a managed mount.
HTH,
Igor
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