Re: [Plplot-general] No specific subroutine for the generic...

[Fernando M. R. da M. <ro...@ro...>]

On Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:10:45 -0700 (PDT), "Alan W. Irwin"
<Ala...@gm...> wrote:

> On 2019-03-19 18:24-0300 Fernando M. Roxo da Motta wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >  Hi all,
> >
> >
> >  I am trying to build the sample programs in Fortran of PLPLOT.   I
> > am just adapting the Makefile from an older version, as Ubuntu
> > seems to have the Fortran sample programs removed from the
> > distribution.  :/
> >
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> > Error: There is no specific subroutine for the generic
> > ‘plparseopts’ at (1) Makefile:74: recipe for target 'x01f' failed
> > make: *** [x01f] Error 1
> >
> >
> >  Does anyone has an idea about what is going on?  
> 
> Hi Roxo:
> 
> Thanks for your interest in PLplot, and, yes, I am pretty
> sure I know what is going on.
> 
> There have been a number of important backwards-incompatible
> Fortran changes for recent releases of PLplot (see
> README.cumulated_release for the details) and the Fortran examples
> have been changed to reflect that for each release.  Therefore, it is
> important to use Fortran examples that are consistent with whatever
> release you are using for PLplot, and I am pretty sure from what you
> posted above that you don't have such Fortran example consistency
> right now.

  I suspected that.  That was the reason I stated that I was using an
example set of a version prior to the installed version.

> 
> To solve this, I suggest you build PLplot from the latest release
> (PLplot-5.14.0) yourself.  5.14.0 has important bug fixes relative to
> 5.13.0 so 5.14.0 is the version we recommend (and the only version
> we support).

  I understand that.   I prefer to adhere to the version as
contemporary to the installation version I am using.   Makes things
easier to administer.   I only use different version if I can get it
from a PPA (whatever it means. ;) ).


  Once again, thank you for your attention.

> 
> The 5.14.0 tarball will include Fortran examples that are consistent
> with that release.  See our
> [wiki](https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/wiki/Home/) for how to build  
> and test 5.14.0.  It is one of those deals where it is completely
> straightforward "if you know how".  However, if you have any trouble
> following those instructions, don't hesitate to ask here for further
> help.
> 
> Alan
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> Alan W. Irwin
> 
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  Roxo

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