[netCDF #BFG-229844]: make check 1 test fails

> 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
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Ticket ID: BFG-229844
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Critical
Status: Closed