[netcdfgroup] "make check" fails on AIX

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• Subject: [netcdfgroup] "make check" fails on AIX
• From: Szymon Jaranowski <szymon.jaranowski@xxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:05:33 +0200

I haven't found similar problem on AIX operating systems on the
archives (but I haven't scoped the archives very thoroughly, so sorry
for potential doubling).

Platform configuration: IBM Power 775 cluster built on POWER7 processors. The
cluster is running AIX version 7.1 and uses native XL C compilers:

spj@boreasz:/home/staff/spj> xlc -qversion
IBM XL C/C++ for AIX, V11.1 (5724-X13)
Version: 11.01.0000.0012

I am trying to compile non-parallel (for now) NetCDF version 4.3.0 with
standard configure/make procedure (also tried CMake, but "make test" fails in
even more cases then - even with NetCDF 4 option disabled).

I'm invoking configure with a following command:

./configure \
  MAKE='/p7data/opt/gnu/make/3.82/gcc4.2.0-powerpc/bin/make' \
  CC='xlc' \
  CFLAGS='-q64 -O0' \
  CPPFLAGS='-I/p7data/opt/zlib/1.2.8/include
-I/p7data/opt/hdf5/szip/2.1/include
-I/p7data/opt/hdf5/1.8.11/serial-debug/include' \
  LDFLAGS='-q64 -L/p7data/opt/zlib/1.2.8/lib
-L/p7data/opt/hdf5/szip/2.1/lib
-L/p7data/opt/hdf5/1.8.11/serial-debug/lib' \
  LIBS='-lhdf5 -lsz -lz' \
  RANLIB='ranlib -X64' \
  AR='ar -X64' \
  NM='nm -X64' \
  --enable-utilities \
  --disable-dap \
  --enable-netcdf-4 \
  --enable-extra-tests \
  --enable-large-file-tests \
  --enable-extra-example-tests \
  --prefix='/p7data/opt/netcdf/4.3.0/serial-configure'

Configuration passes (log in "configure.log.zip" file in attachment), make also
(with several warnings - log in "make.log.zip"). make check fails - see
"make-check.log.zip" file in attachment.

First fail when testing ncdump (make check stops at this point):

PASS: run_tests.sh
PASS: tst_64bit.sh
PASS: ctest
PASS: ctest64
PASS: tst_output.sh
PASS: tst_lengths.sh
PASS: tst_calendars.sh
PASS: tst_utf8
PASS: run_utf8_tests.sh
PASS: tst_nccopy3.sh
PASS: tst_charfill.sh
PASS: tst_iter.sh
PASS: tst_create_files
PASS: tst_group_data
PASS: tst_enum_data
PASS: tst_opaque_data
PASS: tst_string_data
PASS: tst_vlen_data
PASS: tst_comp
PASS: tst_comp2
PASS: tst_nans
PASS: tst_special_atts
FAIL: tst_netcdf4.sh
PASS: tst_h_rdc0
PASS: tst_unicode
PASS: tst_fillbug
PASS: tst_fillbug.sh
PASS: tst_netcdf4_4.sh
PASS: tst_compress
PASS: tst_nccopy4.sh
PASS: tst_grp_spec.sh
PASS: tst_mud.sh
FAIL: run_back_comp_tests.sh
PASS: tst_ncgen4_classic.sh
FAIL: tst_ncgen4.sh

I ran one of FAIL scripts "tst_ncgen4.sh" manually - see
"make-check-ncdump-tst_ncgen4.log.zip" file in attachment. Basically the it
gives "HDF Error".

HDF5 was safe-compiled without any optimization (-O0 flag) - make check passes
100/100. I think this might be problem with NetCDF, not HDF5, as CMake tests
fail even with -DENABLE_NETCDF_4=OFF, so without HDF5 linked. I can provide more
information on CMake failures, if one thinks it's relevant.

Kind regards,
Szymon Jaranowski
ICM, Warsaw University

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