FoBiS.py build: error: argument -lflags: expected one argument

[zbeekman]

I’m confused… I’m trying to pass more than one link flag but I get the following error:

FoBiS.py build: error: argument -lflags: expected one argument

it seems that the space between -lflags and the stuff that follows it causes this error.

[szaghi]

Lflags like cflags accepts one argument... pass the linking flags into quoting marks.

[zbeekman]

Well, in v1.5.5 I’m seeing some odd behavior. It may be due to the bugs you previously referenced in upstream libraries (arg-parse or something like that). Sometimes FoBiS.py doesn’t mind if there’s a space between -cflags or -lflags and the argument, and other times it complains saying: FoBiS.py build: error: argument -lflags: expected one argument. See the example below:

$ FoBiS.py build -compiler gnu -lflags "-profile-arcs -ftest-coverage" -cflags "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage" ../../src/tests/jf_test_1.f90
usage: FoBiS.py build [-h] [-compiler {gnu,intel,g95,custom}] [-fc FC]
                      [-cflags CFLAGS] [-lflags LFLAGS] [-p PREPROC]
                      [-coverage] [-modsw MODSW] [-mpi]
                      [-mklib {static,shared}] [-ch] [-s SRC]
                      [-dbld BUILD_DIR] [-dobj OBJ_DIR] [-dmod MOD_DIR]
                      [-dlib LIB_DIR [LIB_DIR ...]] [-i INCLUDE [INCLUDE ...]]
                      [-t TARGET] [-o OUTPUT] [-e EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...]]
                      [-libs LIBS [LIBS ...]] [-vlibs VLIBS [VLIBS ...]]
                      [-ext_libs EXT_LIBS [EXT_LIBS ...]]
                      [-ext_vlibs EXT_VLIBS [EXT_VLIBS ...]]
                      [-dependon DEPENDON [DEPENDON ...]] [-inc INC [INC ...]]
                      [-extensions EXTENSIONS [EXTENSIONS ...]] [-f FOBOS]
                      [-fci] [-mode MODE] [-lmodes] [-pfm] [-dpfm PFM_DIR]
                      [-epfm PFM_EXT [PFM_EXT ...]] [-force_compile] [-colors]
                      [-l] [-graph] [-q] [-verbose] [-j JOBS]
                      [-m MAKEFILE_name]
FoBiS.py build: error: argument -lflags: expected one argument

But if I remove the space between -lflags and its argument, ”-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage” then it works.

[szaghi]

@zbeekman I am very sorry, but I think there was a misunderstanding: to avoid the argparse bug the white space must be inserted into the quoted argument

may fail

FOBiS.py build -lflags "-fprofile..."

should work

FOBiS.py build -lflags " -fprofile..."

The white space must be inserted immediatly after the first quoting mark ". Maybe the error was due to my bad English, I am sorry.

[zbeekman]

ah I see, I think that does fix it… I’ll test some more to be sure…