Fixes are available
September 2012 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
October 2010 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
February 2011 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
May 2011 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
July 2011 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
October 2011 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
February 2012 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
January 2013 PTF for XL Fortran for AIX, V12.1
XL Fortran for AIX Fix Pack 18 (July 2013) for 12.1
XL Fortran for AIX Fix Pack 19 (October 2013) for 12.1
XL Fortran for AIX Fix Pack 20 (October 2014 PTF) for 12.1
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
Questionable accuracy of the message produced by the compiler when compiling a source file that has had it's .mod file modified between compilations. --------- TEST CASE --------- foo.f : MODULE foo IMPLICIT NONE INTEGER i,j REAL a,b PRIVATE i,j,a,b CONTAINS SUBROUTINE fake_sub(n,x) INTEGER n REAL x a=x DO i=2,n a=x*i ENDDO x=a END SUBROUTINE fake_sub END MODULE foo Compile source code using the following sequence of instructions: > xlf_r -c foo.f > rm foo.mod foo.o > echo "This little text in the .mod file will fail the compilation" > foo.mod > xlf_r -c foo.f The compiler will produce the following message: "foo.f", line 1.1: 1513-116 (S) Unable to create module symbol file foo.mod. Please check the path, directory and permissions. ** foo === End of Compilation 1 === 1501-511 Compilation failed for file foo.f. This message does not accurately describe the situation.
Local fix
N/A
Problem summary
ROBLEM DESCRIPTION: Frontend issues an error message that does not describe the problem well. USERS AFFECTED: Users who have corrupted .mod file or the .mod with unrecognized xlf module format are affected.
Problem conclusion
Issue a more appropriate message.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
IZ77418
Reported component name
XL FORTRAN AIX
Reported component ID
5724U8200
Reported release
C10
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2010-06-11
Closed date
2010-10-05
Last modified date
2010-10-05
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
XL FORTRAN AIX
Fixed component ID
5724U8200
Applicable component levels
Document Information
Modified date:
24 February 2022