<html>#2459: test for full CCTK_PointerTo code in configure
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<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Reporter:</td><td>Roland Haas</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Status:</td><td>new</td></tr>
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<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Type:</td><td>bug</td></tr>
<tr><td style='text-align:right'> Priority:</td><td>major</td></tr>
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<p>To support gfortran 10 some changes were introduced to CCTK_PointerTo and key functionality was tested for in configure.</p>
<p>However some old gfortran compilers (4.8) support just enough syntax to make the configure test pass but CCTK_PointerTo fail. See <a href="https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2455/cannot-build-et-assumed-rank-argument" rel="nofollow" title="Cannot build ET: Assumed-rank argument requires an explicit interface at (1)" class="ap-connect-link"><s>#2455</s></a>. Unfortunately this old compiler is the default of redhat 7.</p>
<p>The patch in <a data-is-external-link="true" href="https://bitbucket.org/cactuscode/cactus/pull-requests/109/cactus-test-full-cctk_pointerto-function" rel="nofollow">https://bitbucket.org/cactuscode/cactus/pull-requests/109/cactus-test-full-cctk_pointerto-function</a> makes configure test for the full CCTK_PointerTo code instead.</p>
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Ticket URL: <a href='https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2459/test-for-full-cctk_pointerto-code-in'>https://bitbucket.org/einsteintoolkit/tickets/issues/2459/test-for-full-cctk_pointerto-code-in</a></p>
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