Problems with testing PNETCDF 1.6.1

[Kemp, Eric M. (GSFC-606.0)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC]]

Hi Wei-keng:

Thanks for your quick response. I tried installing 1.7.0.pre1 but I get a
different error when compiling the tests:

/usr/local/intel/2016/impi/5.1.2.150/bin64/mpif90    -I../../src/lib
-I./../common   -I../../src/libf -I../../src/libf90 -fpic -O2 -fp-model
strict  -c bigrecords.f
bigrecords.f(333): error #6514: A substring must be of type CHARACTER.
[CMD]
          msg = '*** TESTING F77 '//cmd(1:XTRIM(cmd))//
------------------------------------^
bigrecords.f(333): error #6054: A CHARACTER data type is required in this
context.   [CMD]
          msg = '*** TESTING F77 '//cmd(1:XTRIM(cmd))//
------------------------------------^
compilation aborted for bigrecords.f (code 1)



This appears to be a legitimate syntax error in the test program, in
subroutine check_err.  "cmd" is not defined in that subroutine, nor is it
a global variable.

I will try patching 1.6.1 with the NC_64BIT_DATA constant instead.

-Eric




On 2/1/16 12:02 PM, "Wei-keng Liao" <wkliao at eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:

>Hi, Eric
>
>For the large file tests, the error is caused by a oversight of using a
>wrong flag.
>Line 81 of file large_files.c should have used NC_64BIT_DATA, instead of
>NC_64BIT_OFFSET.
>This error has been fixed in the pre-release of 1.7.0.pre1. Could you
>give it a try?
>http://cucis.ece.northwestern.edu/projects/PnetCDF/download.html
>
>As for the FLASH-IO test, could you try running it alone? I.e. cd to the
>folder
>benchmarks/FLASH-IO and run "make ptest" there. In the meantime, please
>send me
>the file config.log.
>
>
>Wei-keng
>
>On Feb 1, 2016, at 7:32 AM, Kemp, Eric M. (GSFC-606.0)[SCIENCE SYSTEMS
>AND APPLICATIONS INC] wrote:
>
>> 
>> Dear PNETCDF developers:
>> 
>> I'm attempting to install PNETCDF1.6.1 on a Linux cluster running SLES
>>11.3.  I'm using Intel 15 Fortran and C compilers (no C++), and I'm
>>trying to install for two separate MPI implementations (SGI MPT 2.12 and
>>Intel MPI 5.1.2).
>> 
>> I'm encountering two problems when I run 'make ptest'.
>> 
>> 1)  For both MPI implementations, the large file tests fail with an
>>integer overflow.  The error message is:
>> 
>> *** Testing large files, slowly.
>> line 116 of large_files.c: Overflow when type cast to 4-byte integer.
>> *** Creating large file ./testfile.nc...srun.slurm: error: borgo018:
>>task 0: Exited with exit code 1
>> 
>> I reviewed the README.large_files for guidance, and I can confirm that
>>both 'MPI_Offset' and 'off_t' are 8 bytes.
>> 
>> 2) For SGI MPT only, if I disable support for large file tests, 'make
>>ptest' hangs when testing FLASH-IO:
>> 
>> make -w -C FLASH-IO ptest
>> make[2]: Entering directory
>>`/gpfsm/dnb32/emkemp/NUWRFLIB/svn/trunk/builds/parallel-netcdf-1.6.1/benc
>>hmarks/FLASH-IO'
>> mpiexec_mpt -n 4 ./flash_benchmark_io ./flash_io_test_
>> srun.slurm: cluster configuration lacks support for cpu binding
>> 
>> The earlier tests with both single and multiple processes work for SGI
>>MPT. And all tests (again, excluding large file tests) work for Intel
>>MPI.
>> 
>> I can provide more information (e.g., output from the configure script)
>>upon request.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -Eric
>> 
>> Eric M. Kemp (SSAI)
>> NASA/GSFC 
>> Mail Code: 606 
>> Greenbelt, MD 20771
>> 301.286.9768 
>> eric.kemp at nasa.gov
>> eric.kemp at ssaihq.com
>> 
>