[Wrf-users] pb compiling WRF with GRIB2 on x86_64 GNU/Linux with gfortran

[Steven G Decker]

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> Hello dear wrf users,
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> I've got an F90 syntax error while compiling WRF 3.1.1 with the grib2
> option on a x86_64 GNU/Linux machine using the gfortran compiler
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> It compiles OK with the ifort compiler.
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> It is a known error with gfortran : when you try to define an
> allocatable variable inside a TYPE definition.
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> I had a look at the io_grib2. file but it looks quite hard to modify
> in a simple way the fortran source to get rid of the error
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> Did anybody have the same problem and fixed it?
> 
> - Using another version of gfortran?

This would be the fix.  Your version of gfortran is too old.  It looks 
like gfortran 4.2 or newer should support allocatable derived type 
components.

-- Steve

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