3.5 Configure Script

The configure script produces a Makefile.

It is controlled by environment variables (see below). It tries to use reasonable default values if they are not set (properly). In the script the machine type is determined with `uname -m`. According to the control variables and the machine architecture the compiler name and its compiler flags are composed. These are written into the header of a Makefile which is produced in the end. An existing Makefile is appended to

  Makefile_old.

Additionally the compilation command is written into the file

  'compiler_flags.info'

in a form ready to be included in a Fortran program.

The environment variables that control the script are

• F90_COMPILER:
  Fortran compiler:
  • '': a machine dependent default is chosen individually for each architecture
  • f90: general default

• F90_PREFLAGS:
  Compiler flags to be put at the beginning of the list. Usually, the list of compiler flags produced by the configure script should be pretty complete. But you might want to add special switches like '-Bstatic' to enforce static linking of libraries.
  • '': No extra flags

• F90_POSTFLAGS:
  Compiler flags to be put at the end of the list. Usually, the list of compiler flags produced by the configure script should be pretty complete. However, you might want to overwrite some settings. This can be done by setting this variable to a none-empty value because typically a compiler should interpret the flags from left to right.
  • '': No extra flags

• F90_PARALLEL:
  Parallelization scheme:
  • scalar: no parallelization (default)
  • openmp: OpenMP (appropriate for CO5BOLD)
  • auto: auto-parallelization (not implemented for all machines)

• F90_DEBUG:
  Debugging level:
  • 0: No extra debugging information produced, full optimization is chosen (default)
  • 1: standard debugging mode (typically switch '-g' instead of '-fast')
  • 2: other debugging (or array checking) modes possible if implemented for the requested machine

• F90_LHDRAD:
  LHDrad radiation transport:
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this radiation transport module

• F90_MSRAD:
  MSrad radiation transport:
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this radiation transport module

• F90_SHORTRAD:
  SHORTrad radiation transport:
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this radiation transport module

• F90_CHEM:
  CHEM module (chemical reaction networks):
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this source step module
  Setting this variable to 1 will set F90_DUST=1. The compiler is then called with -Drhd_chem01.

• F90_HION:
  HION module (time-dependent hydrogen ionization):
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this source step module
  Setting this variable to 1 will set F90_DUST=1. The compiler is then called with -Drhd_hion01.

• F90_DUST:
  DUST module:
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this source step module
  If this variable is set to 1 the compiler is called with -Drhd_box_quc01=1, see Sect. 3.6.

• F90_MHD:
  MHD module:
  • 0: do not activate (compile and link) this module (default)
  • 1: activate this magnetohydrodynamics module (MHD HLL solver)
  If CO5BOLD is compiled with the MHD module, your start model must include magnetic fields, otherwise you will get an error message!

• F90_MACHINE:
  Explicit machine specification. This is usually not necessary, use 'local' or '' instead.
  • '': local machine
  • sun4u: Sun
  • ...: See the header of the configure script for an up to date list
  • local: local machine (default)
  • dummy: Do not use any machine dependent flags but use module selections
  • empty: Compiler flags are composed from F90_PREFLAGS and F90_POSTFLAGS only

• F90_BASEPATH:
  Path for CO5BOLD base directory.
  • '': The configure script tries to determine the base directory name automatically (default). This should work if the local directory is located somewhere below .../hd/rhd/
  • otherwise: This string is used as base directory name (e.g. /home/user/for)

Some examples can be found in Sect. 3.2.