memory for large fortran arrays: problem fixed

[Mark Hadfield]

Charles D. Russell wrote:
> The following seems important enough to fortran users
 > to be indexed by an appropriate subject header.
> 
>>  I am reluctant to upgrade because the use of large static
>>  fortran arrays with cygwin/g77 seems to be a fragile issue
>>  and my current installation is now working (but only with
 >>  -mno-cygwin).
> 
>  That one is *well-and-truely* fixed, solved, sorted,
> straightened out, banged on the head, put to bed, laid to rest,
> and otherwise dealt with! Really!  I'm not sure if the fix was
> in 1.5.16 or if you'd need to use a recent snapshot,

The fix was in a post-1.5.16 snapshot, ca 29 April. See

   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-04/msg01309.html
   http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-04/msg01337.html

 > but the underlying problem is *completely* gone

Thanks for confirming that.

> and will not be returning any time soon.

Now that's just tempting fate...

-- 
Mark Hadfield            "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tatou"
m.hadfield@niwa.co.nz
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA)


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