build in separate directory fails

[bradbell]

Steps to reproduce:

1. git clone https://github.com/rjhogan/Adept-2 adept.git
2. cd adpet.git
3. autoreconf
4. mkdir build
5. cd build
6. ../configure
7. make

Result:

...
Making all in test
/bin/sh: line 21: cd: test: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [Makefile:503: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/bradbell/repo/cmpad.git/external/adept.git/build'
make: *** [Makefile:383: all] Error 2

Configure Warning:
configure: WARNING: cannot determine how to obtain linking information from f77

System:

build>uname -a
Linux brad-mobile 6.4.12-200.fc38.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed Aug 23 17:46:49 UTC 2023 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[rjhogan]

Hi, I've not tested it in a separate build directory - the instructions say to type ./configure and make in the top-level directory.

[bradbell]

Hi, I've not tested it in a separate build directory - the instructions say to type ./configure and make in the top-level directory.

OK that works.

[bradbell]

Is there a proper way to create a debug / release version of the libraries ?

[rjhogan]

Most of the Adept library is in headers, so if you want to debug your own code that use the library, you don't need to recompile the Adept library - you just should compile your code with the -DADEPT_BOUNDS_CHECKING -DADEPT_INIT_SNAN -DADEPT_TRACK_NON_FINITE_GRADIENTS flags (although I normally don't bother with the last one).

See the other options at section 5.6.1 at http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/clouds/adept/adept_documentation_2.1.pdf

[bradbell]

I was able to implement a general adapet gradient and thereby include adept in my new AD comparison package; see
https://cmpad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/adept_gradient.hpp.html

The idea behind this comparison package is that it should be easy to add packages and easy to build and test for just one package; i.e., it is only necessary to get the packages one is interested in.

The result for some small example cases can be seen in src/main.csv:
https://cmpad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/xam_main.py.html#src-xam-main-csv

The cases above are small. You can run larger cases (on your system) using the program
https://cmpad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/main.html

Thanks.