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[netCDFPerl #PLU-903665]: netCDF Perl Interface - make test failure due to "Error: in routine alloca() "

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  • Subject: [netCDFPerl #PLU-903665]: netCDF Perl Interface - make test failure due to "Error: in routine alloca() "
  • Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:38:18 -0700
Carter,

> Institution: NCAR
> Package Version: netcdf-perl-1.2.3
> Operating System: RHEL WS release 4 (Nahant Update 4) x86_64
> Hardware Information: Dell PE1850
> Inquiry: Hello,
> 
> I am attempting to build the netcdf-perl package from source on an x86_64 
> system.
> 
> After setting up the environment variables, the configure and make steps work 
> fine.
> 
> The make test step fails, with output shown below:
> [root@dpg-ingest src]# cat maketest.log
> make[1]: Entering directory `/d1/tmp/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/src'
> 
> making `test' in directory /d1/tmp/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/src/perl
> 
> make[2]: Entering directory `/d1/tmp/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/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..................Error: in routine alloca() 
> there is a
> stack overflow: thread 0, max 10228KB, used 0KB, request 16B
> make[2]: *** [test_dynamic] Error 127
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/d1/tmp/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/src/perl'
> make[1]: *** [perl/test] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/d1/tmp/netcdf-perl-1.2.3/src'
> make: *** [test] Error 2
> 
> make install pushes all parts as expected, but no data is found in the *.cdf 
> files that are generated.  Debugging shows the same error as found in the 
> make test step.
> 
> Any and all ideas would be appreciated.

I'm not sure I can help.  The error message you got seems to
say that the alloca() function couldn't allocate 16 bytes of
memory even though more than 10 megabytes were available.  If
true, then this indicates a problem with your alloca(1)
function rather than with the netCDF-Perl package.

There's a chance that I might spot something in the files
"configure.log" and "make.log" (which are described in the
file INSTALL.  If you'll send me those files, I'll take a
look at them.

Also, you should check that the build environment for the
netCDF-Perl and netCDF packages is compatible with the build
environment for the perl(1) utility (which can be viewed via
the command "perl -V").  The "build environment" includes
compilers, compiler options, linkers, linker options, and
libraries.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PLU-903665
Department: Support netCDF Perl
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed