Re: problem with make 4.4.1-2 or gcc-fortran 11.4.0-1

[Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca>]

On 2024-04-19 15:39, René Berber via Cygwin wrote:
> On 4/19/2024 2:59 PM, Arnab Paul via Cygwin wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to install a software which requires the libraries gcc-fortran,
>> make, libarpack-devel, liblapack-devel, libnetcdf-fortran-devel, git.
>> As I did and ran the commands given below,
>>
>> git clone https://github.com/Aida-Alvera/DINEOF
>> cd DINEOF/
>> cp config.mk.template config.mk
>> make
>>
>> The make command is showing the problem as
>> Makefile:30: Compilers/Windows_NT-gfortran.mk: No such file or directory
>> make: *** No rule to make target 'Compilers/Windows_NT-gfortran.mk'.  Stop.
>>
>> I am keeping Linux as my default OS but it is asking for the
>> Windows_NT-gfortran.mk
> 
> Looking at the Makefile, lines 13 to 15, and 30:
> 
> The problem is that Makefile optionally sets OS to Linux (line 13) but in Cygwin 
> OS is set to Windows_NT.  i.e.
> $ echo $OS
> Windows_NT
> 
> The solution is to change that environment variable.
> 
> There are several ways try correct that, try: make OS=Linux

Better - first try:

	$ uname -o
	Cygwin

but Linux shows *GNU/Linux*, so then try e.g.:

	$ uname -s
	Linux

and only then see if $OS is defined and use it.

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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