[netCDF #UIK-833360]: NetCDF 4 test failure with HDF5 1.8.0 beta 3

> 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
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Ticket ID: UIK-833360
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed