[petsc-users] multiple definition of `main' for a fortran example

[Satish Balay]

Looks like this makefile has a bug. Try the following change:

diff --git a/src/dm/tutorials/makefile b/src/dm/tutorials/makefile
index d169ab13df4..53bdf48284c 100644
--- a/src/dm/tutorials/makefile
+++ b/src/dm/tutorials/makefile
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ include ${PETSC_DIR}/lib/petsc/conf/variables
 include ${PETSC_DIR}/lib/petsc/conf/rules
 include ${PETSC_DIR}/lib/petsc/conf/test
 
-ex13f90.o: ex13f90aux.o
-ex13f90: ex13f90.o ex13f90aux.o
+ex13f90: ex13f90aux.o


Satish

On Fri, 9 Sep 2022, erhan turan wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I recently installed the latest version of Petsc and tried to build a case
> with two fortran files (One main and one subroutine). I looked into similar
> examples and found one in petsc/src/dm/tutorials: ex13f90.F90. This code
> also needs a second file called ex13f90aux.F90
> 
> When I tried to build this example with "make ex13f90",  I receive this
> error warning:
> 
> src/dm/tutorials/ex13f90.F90:24: multiple definition of `main'
> src/dm/tutorials/ex13f90.F90:24: first defined here
> 
> Hence, I was unable to run an example case from the tutorials folder. I
> tested in two different pc's, one with Ubuntu 16 and one with Ubuntu 18.
> Both cases use gnu compilers. Also test both mpich and openmpi.
> 
> Are there anyone that saw a similar problem who knows a workaround to
> resolve this issue? Maybe a makefile example with multiple fortran files
> would be useful. Thanks.
> 
> Best,
> Erhan
>