I have the exact same problem, I am currently trying to figure out exactly
where it happens. But surely no update should be used. Keep the HDF5 1.8.9.
Maybe this should be added in the README file for a quick user guidance.
Kind regards Nick
2013/1/2 Thompson, Matt (GSFC-610.1)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC] <
matthew.thompson@xxxxxxxx>
> Folks,
>
> I was wondering if you could help me out with a minor issue. I work on the
> GEOS-5 GCM model at NASA Goddard and our Base Libraries include HDF5 and
> NetCDF4 as we are planning to transition to using parallel NetCDF4 soon in
> the future.
>
> At the moment, we are doing just fine testing/running with HDF5 1.8.9 and
> NetCDF 4.2.1.1, but I recently saw that HDF5 updated to 1.8.10 and I
> thought I'd test it in the interest of keeping up with current at least in
> my mind (I've gotten behind on libraries before). Plus, the INSTALL file
> does say: "Versions required are at least HDF5 1.8.8..."
>
> However, I find that while NetCDF compiles just fine with HDF5 1.8.10, the
> "make check" tests are another matter. In particular, tst_parallel "hangs":
>
> Testing very simple parallel I/O with 4 processors...
>
> *** tst_parallel testing very basic parallel access.
> *** tst_parallel testing whether we can create file for parallel access
> and write to it...
>
> This hang happens with both Intel 11.0.083 + Intel MPI 3.2.2.006 and Intel
> 13.0.0.079 + MVAPICH2 1.9a, so I don't think it's MPI-specific. Plus, those
> same combinations do "make check" just fine with HDF5 1.8.9+NetCDF 4.2.1.1.
>
> I looked at tst_parallel.c, a pretty simple program, and I couldn't see
> anything obvious so it's probably a bit more low-level than I can figure
> out at the moment.
>
> Obviously, my "solution" at present is "don't upgrade HDF5 at the moment",
> but I was wondering if, perhaps, there is something simple I might be
> missing from a configure or make step that should be there but isn't and
> was only just exposed by HDF5 1.8.10.
>
> Has anyone else encountered this issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt Thompson
>
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