[Support #MFC-291879]: Error report when installing netCDF4.0.1

> Dear netCDF support team:
> 
> I was trying to install netCDF 4.0.4 with the large file test and failed.
> Can you give me some hints based on the following error message? Thanks!
> 
> *** Testing fix for 3.6.2 large file bug in /users/chen1718//tst_large.nc.
> *** testing format 1 with a variable with 2**32 values...ok.
> *** testing format 1 with a byte variable with > 2**32 values...ok.
> *** testing foramt 1 with a short variable with > 2**32 values...Sorry!
> Unexpected result, tst_large.c, line: 133
> 1 failures
> *** testing format 2 with a variable with 2**32 values...ok.
> *** testing format 2 with a byte variable with > 2**32 values...ok.
> *** testing foramt 2 with a short variable with > 2**32 values...Sorry!
> Unexpected result, tst_large.c, line: 133
> 1 failures
> 2 errors detected! Sorry!
> FAIL: tst_large
> 
> *** Testing large files, slowly.
> *** Creating large file /users/chen1718//large_files.nc...ok
> *** Reading large file /users/chen1718//large_files.nc...Error on read,
> var1[0, 2360, 558, 58] = 0 wrong, should be 68 !
> FAIL: large_files
> =========================================
> 3 of 9 tests failed
> Please report to address@hidden
> =========================================
> make[2]: *** [check-TESTS] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/users/chen1718/software/netcdf-4.0.1/nc_test'
> make[1]: *** [check-am] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/users/chen1718/software/netcdf-4.0.1/nc_test'
> make: *** [check-recursive] Error 1
> 
> Ming
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> 
> 

Some platforms, and some file systems, do not allow the user to create files 
larger than 2 GB. If this is happening to you, you need to consult your 
sysadmin or system documentation to reconfigure your system. Test this by 
running the following commands in the same directory you built netCDF in:


        dd if=/dev/zero bs=1000000 count=3000 of=./largefile
        ls -l largefile
        rm largefile

This should write a 3 GByte file named "largefile" in the current directory, 
verify its size, and remove it.

If this works, there is some other problem, and you should let us know.

Thanks,

Ed





Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: MFC-291879
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed