[svn-r8966] Purpose: Maintenance

Description: Added support for Absoft Fortran compiler

Solution: Modified configuration file to check which Fortran compiler is used
          and set appropriate flags.

Platforms tested: verbena with pgf90 and Absoft f95 compilers

Misc. update:

config/linux-gnulibc1

@@ -18,6 +18,26 @@ NOFP=${NOFP:=-fomit-frame-pointer}
 # Figure out compiler flags
 . $srcdir/config/gnu-flags
 
+
+# Figure out which compiler we are using: pgf90 or Absoft f95
+RM='rm -f'
+tmpfile=/tmp/cmpver.$$
+$F9X -V >$tmpfile
+
+    if test -s "$tmpfile"; then 
+       if( grep -s 'Absoft' $tmpfile > /dev/null)
+          then
+              F9X_BASENAME=f95
+              CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DH5_ABSOFT" 
+       fi 
+       if( grep -s 'pgf90' $tmpfile > /dev/null)
+          then
+              F9X_BASENAME=pgf90
+       fi 
+    fi
+
+$RM $tmpfile
+
 # The default Fortran 90 compiler
 
 #
@@ -36,20 +56,38 @@ HID_T='SELECTED_INT_KIND(R_INTEGER)'
 SIZE_T='SELECTED_INT_KIND(R_INTEGER)'
 OBJECT_NAMELEN_DEFAULT_F=-1
 
-if test -z "$F9X"; then
-  F9X=pgf90
+
+if test "X-" = "X-$F9X"; then
+    F9X=pgf90
+    F9X_BASENAME=pgf90
 fi
 
-if test -z "$f9x_flags_set"; then
-  F9XSUFFIXFLAG=""
-  FSEARCH_DIRS=""
-  FFLAGS="$FFLAGS"
-  DEBUG_FFLAGS=""
-  PROD_FFLAGS=""
-  PROFILE_FFLAGS=""
-  f9x_flags_set=yes
-fi
+case $F9X_BASENAME in
+    pgf90) 
+    F9XSUFFIXFLAG=""
+    FFLAGS="$FFLAGS"
+    FSEARCH_DIRS=""
+    DEBUG_FFLAGS=""
+    PROD_FFLAGS=""
+    PROFILE_FFLAGS=""
+    f9x_flags_set=yes
+    ;;
+#
+# Assume Absoft compiler
+#
+    f95)
+    F9XSUFFIXFLAG=""
+# We force compiler to use upper case for external names 
+# (just in case since this should be a default EIP)
+    FFLAGS="$FFLAGS -YEXT_NAMES=UCS"
+    FSEARCH_DIRS=""
+    DEBUG_FFLAGS="-O"
+    PROD_FFLAGS="-O"
+    PROFILE_FFLAGS="-O"
+    f9x_flags_set=yes
+    ;;
 
+esac  
 # The default C++ compiler
 
 # The default compiler is `g++'.

release_docs/RELEASE.txt

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ New Features
 
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
 =======================================
+        - Absoft compiler f95 v9.0 supported on Linux 2.4
+                            EIP - 2004/07/29
         - HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on Mac OSX with IBM XL Fortran
           compiler version 8.1. This is a default compiler.
         - HDF5 Fortran APIs are supported on MAC OSX with Absoft F95 compiler
@@ -382,8 +384,9 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   g++ 3.2.2, 3.2.3
                                   Intel(R) C++ Version 7.1
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 7.1
-                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 4.0-2
+                                  PGI compilers (pgcc, pgf90, pgCC) version 5.0-2
                                   MPIch 1.2.4
+                                  Absoft Fortran v9.0
     OSF1 V5.1                     Compaq C V6.4-014
                                   Compaq C V6.3-027
 				  Compaq Fortran V5.5-1877
@@ -417,7 +420,8 @@ Platforms Tested
     MAC OS X                      Darwin 6.5
                                   gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC 
                                   version 1161, based on gcc version 3.1
-                                  IBM XL Fortran compiler version 8.1 Beta
+                                  IBM XL Fortran compiler version 8.1 
+                                  Absoft Fortran v8.2
                                   
 
 
@@ -567,14 +571,13 @@ Known Problems
   replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src
   subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files
   from the site:
+ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.6.2/F90_source_for_Crays
 
-* On some platforms that use Intel compilers to build HDF5 fortran library,
+* On some platforms that use Intel and Absoft compilers to build HDF5 fortran library,
   compilation may fail for fortranlib_test.f90, fflush1.f90 and fflush2.f90
   complaining about exit subroutine. Comment out the line 
   IF (total_error .ne. 0) CALL exit (total_error)
 
-  ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/outgoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.6.0/F90_source_for_Crays
-
 * On IA32 and IA64 systems, if you use a compiler other than GCC (such as
   Intel's ecc or icc compilers), you will need to modify the generated
   "libtool" program after configuration is finished. On or around line 104 of