Re: 20041019: netcdf-perl-1.2.2

[Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yoshihiro,

> To: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Yoshihiro Yamasaki" <yamasaki@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: netcdf-perl-1.2.2
> Organization: University of Avarez
> Keywords: 200410191339.i9JDdiUE009433 netCDF-perl

The above message contained the following:

> I am facing some problem in the "make test" installation 
> of netcdf-perl-1.2.2. But make install does not give me 
> any problem. Could you please provide me a suugestion to 
> avoid the  "make test" error.
> Enclosed are the "A to I" results as suggested in the 
> INSTALL file .
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> yoshihiro yamazaki  

The "test.log" file contained the following:
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/netcdf-perl-1.2.2/src'

    making `test' in directory /usr/local/netcdf-perl-1.2.2/src/perl

    make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/netcdf-perl-1.2.2/src/perl'
    PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl "-Iblib/lib" "-Iblib/arch" test.pl
    Creating netCDF file...........................ok
    Setting fill mode..............................ok
    Defining fixed dimensions......................ok
    Defining fixed variables.......................ok
    Writing global attribute.......................ok
    Writing variable attributes....................ok
    Defining record dimension......................ok
    Defining record variables......................ok
    Ending definition..............................ok
    Writing fixed variable values..................ok
    Synchronizing netCDF I/O.......................ok
    Writing record values..........................ok
    Closing netCDF file............................ok
    Opening netCDF file for reading................ok
    Inquiring about netCDF file....................ok
    Checking global attribute name.................ok
    Checking global attribute value................ok
    Getting second dimension ID....................ok
    Checking second dimension information..........ok
    Checking fixed variable ID.....................ok
    Checking fixed variable information............ok
    Checking last value of first record variable...make[2]: *** [test_dynamic] Segme
    ntation fault
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/netcdf-perl-1.2.2/src/perl'
    make[1]: *** [perl/test] Error 1
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/netcdf-perl-1.2.2/src'
    make: *** [test] Error 2

This error is due to a bug in perl 5.8.  See

    http://my.unidata.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/getfile?file=/content/support/help/MailArchives/netcdf-perl/msg00122.html

for a previous email to you on this subject.

The only solution of which I'm aware is to use a different version of 
the perl(1) utility.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson