id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
299	"""Illegal model configuration"" message when input file missing"	m.hadfield	arango	"When ROMS (the Nonlinear model) cannot find an input file, it exits, but before it does, '''CHECKDEFS''' reports an ''Illegal model configuration'', eg:
{{{
 READ_PHYPAR - could not find input file:  stations.in

 Elapsed CPU time (seconds):

 Thread #  0 CPU:       0.063
 Total:                 0.063

 Nonlinear model elapsed time profile:

                                              Total:         0.000    0.0000

 All percentages are with respect to total time =            0.063

 ROMS/TOMS - Output NetCDF summary for Grid 01:

 ROMS/TOMS - Configuration error ..... exit_flag:   5


 ERROR: CHECKDEFS - Illegal model configuration.

}}}
When the missing file is supplied, it runs normally.

The ''Illegal model configuration'' message seems a bit misleading, and I think this behaviour is new. Is it intentional?"	bug	closed	minor	Release ROMS/TOMS 3.2	Nonlinear	3.2	Fixed