[aspect-devel] Aspect 2.0 tests failure question

[Ravi Kanda]

Wolfgang,

Great - thank you.  Juliane did mention that option to me during 
yesterday's webinar.  Actually, I will install Aspect 2.0.0 (instead of 
the "pre" version), and then look at some of the tests in more detail.

Regards,
Ravi.
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On 05/11/2018 12:50 AM, Wolfgang Bangerth wrote:
>
> Ravi,
>
>> I ran Aspect (2.0 pre) tests with "make setup_tests", and "make test" 
>> from the Aspect root install directory (location of the shared 
>> executable).  Based on the (attached) summary screen output from the 
>> tests, I see that 194/558 (or nearly 35%) tests failed.
>
> That is a pretty normal number. It is because every compiler and 
> processor produces results that differ very slightly. ASPECT stores 
> "correct" output in the tests/<TESTNAME>/ directories (corresponding 
> to the tests/<TESTNAME>.prm file) and after running the ASPECT 
> executable on the .prm file, simply does a diff between your output 
> and the stored one.
>
> If you want to see the differences, do something like
>   ctest -V -R <TESTNAME>
> and it will give you an idea how these differences look like -- 
> generally, they should be in the 6th or 7th digit of all outputs.
>
> Best
>  W.
>

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