20000713: Run time array bounds error in netCDF3.5_beta: AIX 3 4

Paul,

>Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 11:58:24 -0400
>From: Paul van Delst <address@hidden>
>Organization: CIMSS @ NOAA/NCEP
>To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden>
>Subject: Re: 20000711: Run time array bounds error in netCDF3.5_beta (fwd)
>Keywords: 200007121558.e6CFwPT11383

In the above message, you wrote:

> O.k., I added the following to the configure file:
> 
> CC=/bin/xlc
> FC=/bin/xlf
> F90=/bin/xlf90
> FFLAGS=${FFLAGS--g -C}
> F90FLAGS=${F90FLAGS--g -C -qsuffix=f=f90}
> 
> I then did a "make clean" and a "make distclean" and confirmed that
> "config.cache" did not exist.
> 
> $ ./configure >> configure.log 2>>configure.log
> 
> Appeared to work just fine
> 
> 
> $ make >> make.log 2>>make.log
> 
> Also worked fine.
> 
> 
> $ make test >> test.log 2>>test.log
> 
> Failed but apparently because there is an errant "-c" switch in the
> execution statement for nf_test.
> 
> 
> I then went into the nf_test directory and ran the program manually:
> 
> $ dbx nf_test
> Type 'help' for help.
> reading symbolic information ...
> (dbx) run
> *** Testing nf_strerror ... 
> *** Testing nf_open ... 
> *** Testing nf_close ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_dimid ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_dim ... 
>  size unexpected:  0
>   
>    ###  1  FAILURES TESTING nf_inq_dim! ###
> *** Testing nf_inq_dimlen ... 
>  size unexpected:  0
>   
>    ###  1  FAILURES TESTING nf_inq_dimlen! ###
> *** Testing nf_inq_dimname ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_varid ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_var ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_natts ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_ndims ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_nvars ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_unlimdim ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_vardimid ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_varname ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_varnatts ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_varndims ... 
> *** Testing nf_inq_vartype ... 
> *** Testing nf_get_var1_text ... 
>  unexpected:  0.000000000000000000E+00
>  nf_get_var: Index exceeds dimension bound
>  nf_get_var: Index exceeds dimension bound
>  unexpected:  0.000000000000000000E+00
>  unexpected:  0.000000000000000000E+00
>  unexpected:  0.000000000000000000E+00
> 
> Trace/BPT trap in util.hash at line 397 in file "util.F"
>   397                 result = base * (result + index(d) - 1)
> 
> 
> Is this info any more helpful?

Yes.  Thanks.  I've fixed the bounds-checking problems that emerge when
the native AIX Fortran compiler is used with the "-C" option.  The
changes will be in the next release.

The bugs would not cause the current release to be incorrect -- so
you're OK.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>