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compile problems with pgcc

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Trying to build neuron on a CentOS 5 Linux cluster.

This is my configure invocation:
./configure --without-iv --with-paranrn --prefix=$HOME/neuron

The build fails immediately with:
mpicc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../src/oc -I../../src/oc -I../../src/oc -I../../src/parallel -I../../src/nrnjava -I../../src/nrncvode -I../../src/ivos -I../../src/sundials -I../../src/nrnpython -I/usr/local/openmpi/1.3.3-pgi/include -g -O2 -MT ansi.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/ansi.Tpo -c ansi.c -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/ansi.o
pgcc-Error-Unknown switch: -MT
pgcc-Error-Unknown switch: -MP
pgcc-Error-Unknown switch: -MF

Thanks again,
Evan.
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Re: compile problems with pgcc

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what compiler is being wrapped?
mpicc --version
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Re: compile problems with pgcc

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nevermind. I see that it is pgcc
Try a quick work around by turning off include dependency tracking. Just remember that
if you change a any *.h file you should do a make clean;make
You can turn off dependency tracking with the configure option
--disable-dependency-tracking
evan

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That helps. Lots of files compiled albeit with lots of warnings

Eventually the build hits:

make[5]: Entering directory `/nfs/user2/evan/junk/nrn-7.0/src/ivos'
/bin/sh ../../libtool --tag=CXX --mode=compile mpic++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../src/oc -I../../src/oc -I../../src/oc -I../../src/parallel -I../../src/nrnjava -I../../src/nrncvode -I. -I../../src/sundials -I../../src/nrnpython -I/usr/local/openmpi/1.3.3-pgi/include -g -O2 -c -o file.lo file.cpp
mkdir .libs
mpic++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../src/oc -I../../src/oc -I../../src/oc -I../../src/parallel -I../../src/nrnjava -I../../src/nrncvode -I. -I../../src/sundials -I../../src/nrnpython -I/usr/local/openmpi/1.3.3-pgi/include -g -O2 -c file.cpp -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/file.o
"./ivstrm.h", line 41: catastrophic error: could not open source file
"stream.h"
#include <stream.h>
^

1 catastrophic error detected in the compilation of "file.cpp".
Compilation terminated.
evan

Re: compile problems with pgcc

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I change stream.h to iostream.h in ivstrm.h and map.h and vector.h to map and vector in nrnhash.h and it has compiled.

Evan.
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The cluster I'm trying to work on is a 64bit AMD opteron cluster. When I run the Traub model the following warnings are issued:
exp(947.808) out of range, returning exp(700)
I'm a bit concerned about this since these numbers are well outside the physiological range...

thanks,
Evan.
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Re: compile problems with pgcc

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exp(947.808) out of range, returning exp(700)
That can happen (rarely) when one is using the variable step method since a prediction for v can be very much out of
range. It should not occur with the fixed time step.
Can you say what the value of t is when the warning is issued. And how large the model is. Perhaps I can
reproduce it on a 12 core cluster I have available. the warning can be modified to print other things in
nrn/src/math.c line 63
and you would have to add
extern double t;
near the top of the file.
I change stream.h to iostream.h ...
An alternative is to use the most recent alpha version sources at
http://www.neuron.yale.edu/ftp/neuron/versions/alpha/
or get them from the mercurial repository at
http://www.neuron.yale.edu/hg
That might avoid the exp warning as well.
evan

Re: compile problems with pgcc

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Compile problems and exp problems also occur with 7.1

The exp problem occurs with the modified Traub model that you sent me privately for t>1. It occurs running with a single processor on the CentOS5, 64 bit opteron machine compiled with pgcc. It doesn't occur on Xeon machine compiled with an old version of gcc.

I compiled without --with-paranrn and this picks up gcc as the compiler. There is no exp problem in this case. (Although strangely, it wouldn't load the mechanisms file without the -dll option.)

Evan.
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Re: compile problems with pgcc

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I installed pgcc 9.0-3 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux and committed the needed changes to
neuron/iv and neuron/nrn repositories at http://www.neuron.yale.edu/hg

I installed InterViews in $HOME/neuron/ivpg with
./configure --prefix=`pwd` CC=pgcc CXX=pgCC
make
make install

Installed mpich2-1.1.1p1 with

'./configure' '--prefix=/home/hines/mpich2pg' '--enable-sharedlibs=gcc' '--with-device=ch3:nemesis' CC=pgcc CXX=pgCC
make
make install

Installed NEURON in $HOME/neuron/nrnpgmpi with

../nrn/configure --prefix=`pwd` --srcdir=../nrn --with-iv=$HOME/neuron/ivpg --with-paranrn --with-nrnpython CC=pgcc CXX=pgCC
make -j 4 install

in the nrntraub directory I

nrnivmodl mod
mpd&
mpiexec -n 4 `which nrniv` -mpi -c mytstop=10 init.hoc

and it ran with no errors or warnings.
After 15 days, I won't be able to use this compiler again for 6 months.
evan

Re: compile problems with pgcc

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It seems without the CC and CXX options to the configure script starts configuring for gcc, but then builds with pgcc, which is the mpicc compiler. When these options are passed I can compile 7.0 without the --disable-dependency-tracking option. I run the 1/10th model for a few ms in serial mode and no errors were issued (7.0 again).

Evan.
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