[ncl-install] ncl on solaris 10 sparc core dumps

[Alkara, Opesh]

I was not sure whether this post would go to ncl-talk or ncl-install but
since the problem was more related to how NCL was compiled, I am posting
this to ncl-install. 

ncl_ncargs-5.1.1 builds successfully on Solaris 10 sparc (64-bit) but
when I try to run the binary it dumps core. I saw stack of core, found
that 3-4 functions are being called over and over until program
seg-faults. I am using sun studio 12.0 compiler. I removed optimization
in compilation to see if that fixes the issue but that didn't help. The
same version of NCL builds fine on solaris 10 x86 64-bit (almost with
same C and F flags as that of sparc build). I searched for function
_NhlCreate and NhlVACreate and found that they are defined within
ni/src/lib/hlu/Create.c, so, I believe the hlu compilation is not going
well?

Thanks in advance.

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|user at delta 19:27:01 /var/tmp/ncl_studio/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1|make

        NCL/NCAR Graphics - Version 5.1.1 Installation Configuration

System File             Sun4Solaris
Binary Install Directory        /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/bin
Library Install Directory       /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib
Include Install Directory       /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/include
Manpage Install Directory       /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/man
Config Install Directory
/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/config
Data Base Directory     /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/database
Programmer Doc Dir      /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/doc
Reloc Obj. Directory    /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/robj
Examples Directory      /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/examples
Tutorial Directory      /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/tutorial
Test Directory          /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/tests
X App. Def. Directory   /usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib/ncarg/xapp
f77 Compiler            f90
f77 Flags               -xarch=sparcvis -m64 -g
-R/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib -R/usr/local/lib/gcc-4.3.3 -O
C Compiler              cc
cc Flags                -xarch=sparcvis -m64 -g
-R/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/lib -R/usr/local/lib/gcc-4.3.3 -O
-I./include -I/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/include -I/usr/openwin/include
-I/usr/dt/include -DSYSV -D_REENTRANT -DByteSwapped -D__64BIT__
-DNeedFuncProto
|user at delta 19:27:02 /var/tmp/ncl_studio/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1|


root at delta:/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/bin # ./ncl
 Copyright (C) 1995-2009 - All Rights Reserved
 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
 NCAR Command Language Version 5.1.1
 The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.
 See http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/ for more details.
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
root at delta:/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/bin #


root at delta:/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/bin # pstack core
core 'core' of 8361:    ./ncl
 00000001003e1834 _NhlCreate (ffffffff7f81565c, 100a68780, 100c05e48, 0,
ffffffff7f805458, 3) + 74
 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7f81565c, 100a68780, 100c05e48,
0, 100dca310, 0) + 80
 000000010048de48 AppInitialize (100c05000, 100dca328, 101bf1ec0,
ffffffff7f816060, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 128
 00000001003e1708 CallInitialize (100c05e48, 101bf2150, 101bf1ec0,
ffffffff7f816060, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 68
 00000001003e218c _NhlCreate (ffffffff7f82e33c, 100a68780, 100c05e48, 2,
ffffffff7f81e138, 3) + 9cc
 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7f82e33c, 100a68780, 100c05e48,
0, 100dca310, 0) + 80
 000000010048de48 AppInitialize (100c05000, 100dca328, 101bf1af0,
ffffffff7f82ed40, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 128
 00000001003e1708 CallInitialize (100c05e48, 101bf1d80, 101bf1af0,
ffffffff7f82ed40, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 68
 00000001003e218c _NhlCreate (ffffffff7f84701c, 100a68780, 100c05e48, 2,
ffffffff7f836e18, 3) + 9cc
 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7f84701c, 100a68780, 100c05e48,
0, 100dca310, 0) + 80
 000000010048de48 AppInitialize (100c05000, 100dca328, 101bf1720,
ffffffff7f847a20, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 128
 00000001003e1708 CallInitialize (100c05e48, 101bf19b0, 101bf1720,
ffffffff7f847a20, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 68
 00000001003e218c _NhlCreate (ffffffff7f85fcfc, 100a68780, 100c05e48, 2,
ffffffff7f84faf8, 3) + 9cc
 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7f85fcfc, 100a68780, 100c05e48,
0, 100dca310, 0) + 80
 000000010048de48 AppInitialize (100c05000, 100dca328, 101bf1350,
ffffffff7f860700, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 128
 00000001003e1708 CallInitialize (100c05e48, 101bf15e0, 101bf1350,
ffffffff7f860700, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 68
 00000001003e218c _NhlCreate (ffffffff7f8789dc, 100a68780, 100c05e48, 2,
ffffffff7f8687d8, 3) + 9cc
 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7f8789dc, 100a68780, 100c05e48,
0, 100dca310, 0) + 80
 000000010048de48 AppInitialize (100c05000, 100dca328, 101bf0f80,
ffffffff7f8793e0, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 128
 00000001003e1708 CallInitialize (100c05e48, 101bf1210, 101bf0f80,
ffffffff7f8793e0, 3, ffffffffffffffff) + 68
 00000001003e218c _NhlCreate (ffffffff7f8916bc, 100a68780, 100c05e48, 2,
ffffffff7f8814b8, 3) + 9cc

[...snip ]

 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7ffee93c, 100a68780, 100c05e48,
0, 100dca310, 0) + 80
 000000010048de48 AppInitialize (100c05000, 100dca328, 101bde5c0,
ffffffff7ffef340, 2, ffffffffffffffff) + 128
 00000001003e1708 CallInitialize (100c05e48, 101bde810, 101bde5c0,
ffffffff7ffef340, 2, ffffffffffffffff) + 68
 00000001003e218c _NhlCreate (ffffffff7ffffa4c, 100a5d8a8, 100c05e48, 1,
ffffffff7fff7418, 2) + 9cc
 00000001003e2400 NhlVACreate (ffffffff7ffffa4c, 100a5d8a8, 100c05e48,
0, 100cde4f8, 1) + 80
 0000000100069dd4 main (1, ffffffff7ffffbf8, ffffffff7ffffc08,
ffffffff7c949468, ffffffff79700140, ffffffff79700180) + 694
 000000010006971c _start (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0) + 17c
root at delta:/usr/local/ncl_ncarg-5.1.1/bin #