RE: [AMBER-Developers] false test failures

From: Ross Walker <ross.rosswalker.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 12:02:24 -0700

Hi Sally,

I see this behavior if I forget to set AMBERHOME or have it set to an
incorrect directory.

We should probably be checking for this in the test scripts.

All the best
Ross

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces.ambermd.org] On Behalf Of case
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> Subject: Re: [AMBER-Developers] false test failures
>
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2010, Sally Pias wrote:
>
> > I have successfully compiled the March 31 release candidate using
> > Intel 11.1 compilers. In running the serial test suite, I have
> > repeatedly gotten the following results:
> >
> > Finished serial test suite for Amber 11 at Thu Apr 8 02:52:38 EDT
> 2010.
> >
> > 315 file comparisons passed
> > 95 file comparisons failed
> > 2 tests experienced errors
> >
> > Of the 95 failed file comparisons, 93 are "false," in that the *.dif
> > files are empty. Any idea what is going on here?
>
> Nope...I don't see this behavior, nor to others...see the wiki page.
> Look at the test_amber_serial.sh script: it is grepping for "FAILURE:"
> in the
> log file -- are there 95 instances of that phrase? Do you actually get
> zero-length dif files? (Successful runs will not leave any dif files).
>
> I guess we would need to know details of your OS.
>
> ....dac
>
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