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There is known bug in the 4.6.1 release that can cause that error
on some operating systems (and apparently with the Intel compiler).
To fix it, the failing test can be disabled by adding the option
--disable-filter-testing
to your ./configure command
> Hello,
> I’m compiling netcdf-4.6.1 with intl-2018 compiler.
>
> My installation script is:
>
> module load INTEL/intel_xe_2018
> module load ZLIB/zlib-1.2.11
> module load SZIP/szip-2.1.1
> module load HDF5/hdf5-1.10.2
>
> export CC=icc
> export CXX=icpc
> export F77=ifort
> export FC=ifort
>
> export CPPFLAGS="-I/users/home/opt-intel_2018/szip/szip-2.1.1/include
> -I/users/home/opt-intel_2018/zlib/zlib-1.2.11/include
> -I/users/home/opt-intel_2018/hdf5/hdf5-1.10.2/include -I/usr/include"
>
> export LDFLAGS="-L/users/home/opt-intel_2018/szip/szip-2.1.1/lib
> -L/users/home/opt-intel_2018/zlib/zlib-1.2.11/include -lz
> -L/users/home/opt-intel_2018/hdf5/hdf5-1.10.2/lib -L/usr/lib64/"
>
>
> ./configure
> --prefix=/users/home/opt-intel_2018/netcdf/netcdf-C_4.6.1-F_4.4.4_C++_4.3.0/
> --enable-extra-example-tests --enable-shared=yes --enable-netcdf-4
> --enable-dap --enable-large-file-tests --with-temp-large=/work/sysm03
>
> make -j4
> make check
>
> During "make check” the test return an error:
>
> ============================================================================
> Testsuite summary for netCDF 4.6.1
> ============================================================================
> # TOTAL: 69
> # PASS: 68
> # SKIP: 0
> # XFAIL: 0
> # FAIL: 1
> # XPASS: 0
> # ERROR: 0
> ============================================================================
> See nc_test4/test-suite.log
> Please report to address@hidden
> ============================================================================
>
> ===========================================
> netCDF 4.6.1: nc_test4/test-suite.log
> ===========================================
>
> # TOTAL: 69
> # PASS: 68
> # SKIP: 0
> # XFAIL: 0
> # FAIL: 1
> # XPASS: 0
> # ERROR: 0
>
> .. contents:: :depth: 2
>
> FAIL: tst_filter
> ================
>
> findplugin.sh loaded
> final
> HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH=/users/home/SOFTWARE/netcdf/2018/netcdf-4.6.1/nc_test4/hdf5plugins/.libs
> *** Testing dynamic filters using API
> ./tst_filter.sh: line 65: 9700 Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> ${execdir}/test_filter
> FAIL tst_filter.sh (exit status: 139)
>
> Can you help me?
>
> Thanks
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Giuseppe Calò
>
> Fondazione CMCC
> Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
> presso Complesso Ecotekne - Università del Salento
> Strada Prov.le Lecce - Monteroni snc
> 73100 Lecce IT
> http://www.cmcc.it/supercomputingcenter
>
> Mobile (+39) 320 8190020
> Mail address@hidden
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
=Dennis Heimbigner
Unidata
Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: CTR-138835
Department: Support netCDF
Priority: Normal
Status: Open
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