Re: Bug in closed-source, proprietary software that I do not have access to

[Thomas Koenig <tkoenig at netcologne dot de>]

Am 25.05.19 um 15:16 schrieb Toon Moene:
> On 5/25/19 2:52 PM, Thomas Koenig wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > consider this: There is a bug, confirmed by several people. This occurs
> > in closed-source, proprietary software, and appears to be due to one
> > of my commits.
> >
> > Despite considerable help from somebody who has access to the source,
> > and putting in quite a few (volunteer) hours myself, there is no
> > test case.
> >
> > So, what to do? Close the PR as INVALID? This would be our standard
> > policy, correct?
> >
> > FYI, the proprietary, closed-source software is SPEC, the corresponding
> > PR is 90539, and the friendly helper is Martin Liska.
>
> But the problem seems to be related to netcdf (your comment #22), which 
> is freely available (don't know off-hand which license).

I looked at the current netcdf code, and their C interface is different
from what SPEC seems to use. So, it is either a an old version,
or SPEC changed something for some reason, or both.

> Does the problem trigger with netcdf's own test programs ?

I have never built netcdf myself.  Would somebody who wants to
(possibly) generate a test case then have to build 30+ versions
on the off-chance of finding something?