--- MITgcm/tools/genmake2	2004/01/15 19:19:59	1.62
+++ MITgcm/tools/genmake2	2004/02/16 16:24:41	1.65
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/tools/genmake2,v 1.62 2004/01/15 19:19:59 edhill Exp $
+# $Header: /home/ubuntu/mnt/e9_copy/MITgcm/tools/genmake2,v 1.65 2004/02/16 16:24:41 cnh Exp $
 #
 # Makefile generator for MITgcm UV codes
 #   created  by cnh 03/98
@@ -834,12 +834,21 @@
 if test "x$LINK" = x ; then
     LINK=$FC
 fi
-if test "x$CPP" = x ; then
-    CPP="cpp"
-fi
 if test "x$MAKE" = x ; then
     MAKE="make"
 fi
+if test "x$CPP" = x ; then
+    CPP=cpp
+fi
+#EH3 === UGLY ===
+#  The following an ugly little hack to check for $CPP in /lib/ and it
+#  should eventually be replaced with a more general function that
+#  searches a combo of the user's path and a list of "usual suspects"
+#  to find the correct location for binaries such as $CPP.
+for i in " " "/lib/" ; do
+    echo "#define A a" | $i$CPP > test_cpp 2>&1 && CPP=$i$CPP
+done
+#EH3 === UGLY ===
 echo "#define A a" | $CPP > test_cpp 2>&1
 RETVAL=$?
 if test "x$RETVAL" != x0 ; then
@@ -973,7 +982,7 @@
     TOOLSDIR="$ROOTDIR/tools"
 fi
 if test ! -d ${TOOLSDIR} ; then
-    echo "Error: the specified $TOOLSDIR (\"$TOOLSDIR\") does not exist!"
+    echo "Error: the specified TOOLSDIR (\"$TOOLSDIR\") does not exist!"
     exit 1
 fi
 if test "x$S64" = x ; then
@@ -1209,7 +1218,7 @@
 	cat make_mnc.errors 1>&2
 	exit 1
     fi
-    if test -a "x$HAVE_NETCDF" != xt ; then
+    if test "x$HAVE_NETCDF" != xt ; then
 	cat <<EOF
 
 WARNING: the "mnc" package has been enabled but tests failed to