> Hi Russ,
>
> Could this be a 64-bit related problem? It is surprising that it works
> on other systems.
> It is difficult to investigate as I don't have the same hardware/software.
OK, I'll see if we can reproduce it here.
> By the way, I am a bit stuck with the netCDF C++ API development I was
> doing. If you remember
> I spent a lot of time to develop an improved method of dealing with
> general user-defined types.
> During testing I have encountered problem in the C-layer which Dennis
> needs to fix.
> But I haven't heard from him on this since February. I think that the
> problem is that
> user-defined structures don't tend to be widely used, resulting in some
> residual bugs.
I think Dennis had diagnosed the problem as being in HDF5. A new release,
HDF5 version 1.8.9, has just been made available, and it's possible that
has fixed the bug, but we haven't tried it yet. Maybe later this week ...
--Russ
> On 05/23/2012 02:54 AM, Unidata netCDF Support wrote:
> > Hi Lynton,
> >
> > I'm forwarding this post from the NCAR Computational Information Systems
> > Laboratory consultants, in case you have a fix for the problem ...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --Russ
> >
> > Si Liu Posted on: 20120522.1612 MDT
> > ================================================================
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to compile netcdf-CXX4 on Bluefire(IBM AIX).
> > But get one failure when running make check(attached).
> > The configure goes smoothly.
> > Do you have any hint?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Si
> >
> >
> > Making check in cxx4
> > make[1]: Entering directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq/cxx4'
> > make[2]: Entering directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq'
> > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq'
> > make test_classic test_group test_dim test_att test_var test_var2
> > test_type
> > make[2]: Entering directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq/cxx4'
> > make[3]: Entering directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq'
> > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq'
> > make[2]: `test_classic' is up to date.
> > make[2]: `test_group' is up to date.
> > make[2]: `test_dim' is up to date.
> > make[2]: `test_att' is up to date.
> > make[2]: `test_var' is up to date.
> > make[2]: `test_var2' is up to date.
> > make[2]: `test_type' is up to date.
> > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq/cxx4'
> > make check-TESTS
> > make[2]: Entering directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq/cxx4'
> > make[3]: Entering directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq'
> > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq'
> > Test creation of classic format fileError!
> > FAIL: test_classic
> > Opening file "firstFile.cdf" with NcFile::replace
> > Testing addGroup("groupName") -----------
> > passed
> > Testing getGroupCount([netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing getGroups([netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing getGroups("name",[netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing getGroup("name",[netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing getParentGroup() -----------
> > passed
> > PASS: test_group
> > Opening file "firstFile.cdf" with NcFile::replace
> > Testing addGroup("groupName") -----------
> > passed
> > Testing addDim("dimensionName") -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcDim::isUnlimited() -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcDim::isNull() -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcDim::getSize() -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcDim::getParentGroup() -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcDim::getName() -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcGroup::getDimCount([netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcGroup::getDims([netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcGroup::getDims("name",[netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > Testing NcGroup::getDim("name",[netCDF::Location]) -----------
> > passed
> > PASS: test_dim
> > Opening file "firstFile.cdf" with NcFile::replace
> > Testing addGroup("groupName") -----------
> > passed
> > Testing putAtt("attName","typeName",len,dataValues) unknown error
> > PASS: test_att
> > Opening file "firstFile.cdf" with NcFile::replace
> > Testing addGroup("groupName") -----------
> > passed
> > Testing addDim("dimensionName") -----------
> > passed
> > Testing addVar("varName","typeName","dimName") unknown error
> > PASS: test_var
> > unknown error
> > PASS: test_var2
> > Opening file "firstFile.cdf" with NcFile::replace
> > Testing addGroup("groupName")
> > ----------- passed
> > Testing getName() unknown error
> > PASS: test_type
> > ================================================
> > 1 of 7 tests failed
> > Please report to address@hidden
> > ================================================
> > make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
> > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq/cxx4'
> > make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/glade/home/siliu/Bluefire/netcdf/netcdf-cxx4-4.2_seq/cxx4'
> > make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Si Liu
> > Consulting Services Group
> > NCAR Computational& Information Services Laboratory
> > Knowledge Management Chair of SEA
> > Office: Mesa Lab, Room 51A
> > Phone: (303) 497-2430
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program
> > address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
> >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: YSK-548213
> > Department: Support netCDF
> > Priority: Normal
> > Status: Closed
> >
>
>
Russ Rew UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden http://www.unidata.ucar.edu
Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: YSK-548213
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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