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> Hi- > I'm building the new netcdf-4 libraries on a Linux RedHat 5 system, and > getting one failure in the "make check". My configure line looks like this > > /home/nstout/ansley/netcdf-4/new-stout/netcdf-4.1-beta2-snapshot2009101906> > configure --prefix=/home/nstout/ansley/local/nstout --disable-shared > --enable-dap --enable-dap-remote-tests > --with-hlib=/home/nstout/ansley/local/nstout > --with-zlib=/home/nstout/ansley/local/nstout > > > The checks are going along ok, but here is the output for the one that fails > > *** Checking HDF5 attribute ordering some more...ok. > *** Checking HDF5 attribute ordering with 9 attributes...(skipping for > HDF5 1.8.0 beta1)ok. > *** Tests successful! > PASS: tst_h_atts > HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.2) thread 0: > #000: H5Tnative.c line 119 in H5Tget_native_type(): cannot retrieve > native type > major: Invalid arguments to routine > minor: Inappropriate type > #001: H5Tnative.c line 175 in H5T_get_native_type(): not a valid size > major: Invalid arguments to routine > minor: Inappropriate type > > *** Checking HDF5 attribute functions some more. > *** Creating tst_xplatform2_3.nc with HDF only...Sorry! Unexpected > result, tst_h_atts3.c, line: 171 > HDF5-DIAG: Error detected in HDF5 (1.8.2) thread 0: > #000: H5T.c line 1707 in H5Tclose(): not a datatype > major: Invalid arguments to routine > minor: Inappropriate type > free types 0 free types 1 free types 2 Sorry! Unexpected result, > tst_h_atts3.c, line: 184 > 2 failures > 2 errors detected! Sorry! > FAIL: tst_h_atts3 > > Howdy Ansley, You need to upgrade your HDF5 to at least 1.8.3-snap2. Or, even better, the 1.8.4-pre1 release at: ftp://ftp.unidata.ucar.edu/pub/netcdf/netcdf-4/hdf5-1.8.4-pre1.tar.gz Thanks, Ed Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: BFG-229844 Department: Support netCDF Priority: Critical Status: Closed