Conference nicctr::kap-users

388.0. "problem with -routine" by MSBCS::SCHNEIDER (Say it with ASCII) Thu May 29 1997 13:29

    I've encountered a problem with kf77's handling of the "-routine"
    option.  The proximate symptom is ld complaining "Badly formed hex
    number: -g0", caused in turn by it's being fed a spurious "-fkapargs".
    I think (but am not certain) that it's a new wrinkle in recent kits.
    We're using "KAP/Digital_UA_F   3.1a k280609 970506"
    
    To repro, a minimal program will do:
    
           program min
           end
    
    And a command like follows (I'm guessing any KAP option string that
    starts with -routine):
    
    kf77 -fkapargs="-routine=min -skip" min.f
    
    One easy workaround is to precede the "-routine" with (guessing again)
    any other KAP option, like a redundant -o=5.
    
    I notice the kapf man page says that "-routine" must follow the source
    file name, but it's not obvious how to accomplish that using the kf77
    driver.
    
    Cheers,
    Chuck

    While I'm kvetching, here's another -routine buglet that's mildly
    annoyed me for a long time: the -rt abbreviation doesn't seem to work
    at all.
    
    Chuck