[daip] Midnight job error message

[Eric Greisen]

Andy Biggs wrote:
> Hi there. When I run the midnight job on my Linux box, I get the following which includes some segmentation faults. Other than this the update seems to work fine, but I wonder if it might be causing unknown problems.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Andy
> 
> AIPSUPD - cd /scratch/abiggs/aips/31DEC11/LINUX/UPDATE
> AIPSUPD - RunTime is 20111006.081453
> AIPSUPD - LogFile is /scratch/abiggs/aips/31DEC11/LINUX/UPDATE/UPD20111006.081453.LOG
> AIPSUPD - ErrorFile is /scratch/abiggs/aips/31DEC11/LINUX/UPDATE/UPD20111006.081453.ERR
> AIPSUPD - Using CVS for copying files.
> AIPSUPD - calling UPDCVS
> UPDCVS - cvs update of 31DEC11 completed
> UPDCVS - cvs update of TEXT completed
> AIPSUPD - calling UPDCONTROL
> UPDCONTROL - Syncing LASTGOOD.DAT.mnj.aoc.nrao.edu
> UPDCONTROL - calling UPDOBSLT on sorted PUTBCK, REMOVE
> UPDCONTROL - UPDOBSLT done, new PUTBCK.UPD
> UPDCONTROL - calling UPDSRTUNQ REMOVE
> ./UPDSRTUNQ: line 43: 32347 Segmentation fault      sort -m -u -k 4b,6 -o $1.UNQ $1.UNQ
> UPDCONTROL - calling UPDLSTDAT REASONS.UPD
> UPDCONTROL - calling UPDSRTUNQ PUTBCK
> ./UPDSRTUNQ: line 43: 32355 Segmentation fault      sort -m -u -k 4b,6 -o $1.UNQ $1.UNQ
> UPDCONTROL - applying COMRPL/LNK.ADD to .UPD files
> UPDCONTROL - removing any aipssrc compiles/links
> UPDCONTROL - Calling UPDSRTUNQ COMRPL
> ./UPDSRTUNQ: line 43: 32367 Segmentation fault      sort -m -u -k 4b,6 -o $1.UNQ $1.UNQ
> UPDCONTROL - Calling UPDSRTUNQ COMLNK
> ./UPDSRTUNQ: line 43: 32373 Segmentation fault      sort -m -u -k 4b,6 -o $1.UNQ $1.UNQ
> UPDCONTROL - Done.
> UPDCONTROL - created temporary file 20111006.081453.SPECIAL
> UPDCONTROL - nothing special, removing 20111006.081453.SPECIAL
> UPDCONTROL - regenerating COMRPL.UPD.SUM
> UPDCONTROL - regenerating COMLNK.UPD.SUM
> AIPSUPD - UPDCONTROL done
> AIPSUPD - calling UPDREMOVE (watch those libraries)
> AIPSUPD - UPDREMOVE apparently worked
> UPDRSYNC:  doing binary synchronization
> UPDRSYNC: rsync SYSTEM
> UPDRSYNC: rsync LIBR
> UPDRSYNC: rsync LOAD
> AIPSUPD - calling UPDREPORT
> AIPSUPD - UPDREPORT done, MNJ finished.

Hive you changed or updated your operating system?  This is most 
peculiar.  The sort/merge/sort operation is essential when compiling 
things locally.  It is not relevant for a binary installation such as 
yours - so the error is harmless at the moment for you.

Eric Greisen