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> Hi > > Today I tried building the latest snapshot of netCDF 4 > (netcdf-4.0-snapshot2007080601) and linking it with hdf5-1.8.0-beta3. > This was done under Cygwin. I have previously built recent snapshots and > linked them with hdf5-1.8.0-beta2 with no problems > > Commands were: > > CC=gcc ./configure --disable-f77 --enable-netcdf-4 > --with-hdf5=/usr/local --prefix=/usr/local/netcdf4 > make > make check > > One failure was reported by "make check": > > *** Testing small files. > Switching to netCDF-4 format (with NC_CLASSIC_MODEL). > *** testing simple small file with a global attribute...ok. > *** testing simple small file with fixed dimensions...ok. > *** testing simple small file with an unlimited dimension...ok. > *** testing small file with one variable...ok. > *** testing small file with one variable and one att...ok. > *** testing small file with one record variable, which grows...ok. > /bin/sh: line 4: 5592 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ${dir}$tst > FAIL: tst_small > > I just thought you might like to know. > > -- > Mark Hadfield "Ka puwaha te tai nei, Hoea tahi tatou" > address@hidden > National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) > > > > Howdy Mark! Thanks for checking this! There are various small issues that have come out in the HDF5 beta release (some because of bug *you* reported ;-). These are being worked out by the HDF5 team, and meanwhile more tests have been added to netCDF-4 to be more ticklish to bugs in this area. If you get the current netCDF-4 snapshot and build it, you will see that this test is now skipped. The HDF5 programmer is working on this now. Get the snapshot at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/builds/snapshot/index_4.html If you provide the --enable-extra-tests option to configure you will see this test again, and it will fail. When future versions of HDF5-1.8.0 come along which fix this bug, this test will be moved back with the rest, and out of the "extra-tests" category. Thanks again! Ed Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: UIK-833360 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Normal Status: Closed