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[netCDF #TPI-957404]: bug report

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  • Subject: [netCDF #TPI-957404]: bug report
  • Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:52:14 -0700
Hi Mark,

> there appears to be a bug in the netcdf-4.1.3.tar.gz downloaded from 
> http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/netcdf-4_1_3/index.jsp. Line 734 
> of f90/netcdf_expanded.f90 is
> 
> print *, values(1, 1), values(1, 2), values(1, 3), values(1, 4)
> 
> This looks like a rogue debugging statement that someone forgot to remove; it 
> is giving segfaults ("values" can have a second dimension of less than 4).
> 
> please may you advise on whether this is a bug and if it is sensible for us 
> to remove this line locally, on the basis that the next version will also 
> have this line removed

Yes, sorry, it's a bug in 4.1.3.  Please remove the line.  It has already been 
removed from the latest Fortran release, now
a separate source distribution, as announced here:

  
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/mailing_lists/archives/netcdfgroup/2011/msg00365.html

I don't think we previously knew this caused segfaults, so I've added an entry 
about the bug in our "Known Problems" page 
for 4.1.3:

  
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/docs/known_problems.html#f90-debug-segfault

Thanks for reporting the problem!

--Russ


--Russ


  
Russ Rew                                         UCAR Unidata Program
address@hidden                      http://www.unidata.ucar.edu



Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: TPI-957404
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed