[Users] Range error setting parameter, on cluster

Roland Haas rhaas at mail.ubc.ca
Thu Mar 12 09:33:03 CDT 2026


Hello Jordan,

We discussed this some more in today's ET call and Peter Diener
suggested trying a different compiler on Deucalian just in case this is
actually a compiler issue.

Yours,
Roland

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> Hi Roland,
> 
> 
> Indeed, Deucalion is a cluster (as well as MesoPSL and MareNostrum, which I checked before sending my previous email, and which seem to work just fine with the "*" range as expected).
> 
> I'm attaching the requested files:
> 
> - for the work station: relayer_ubuntu.cfg, workstation_make.config.defn
> 
> - for the Deucalion cluster: deucalion-x86.cfg, deucalion_make.config.defn
> 
> 
> These are from the minimal working example I was mentioning before, with the latest ET version.
> 
> 
> Thank you for your assistance!
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Jordan
> 
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> From: Roland Haas <rhaas at mail.ubc.ca>
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2026 3:30:09 PM
> To: Jordan Nicoules
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> Subject: Re: [Users] Range error setting parameter, on cluster
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> Hello Jordan,
> 
> > Well, I don't know if the git hash corresponds to the ET release directly (I took it from the front page of the UsersGuide.pdf I have on my work station). The corresponding ET release should be ET_2024_05 I think.  
> 
> The hash that is shown in the docs is a git commit hash of the Cactus
> repository (the "flesh") so I can correlate with the release.
> 
> > I'm not sure this is (completely) a matter of version, since for a given version, I get different behaviors on different machines:
> >
> > - ET_2024_05: Deucalion --> range error ; work station --> fine
> >
> > - ET_2025_05: Deucalion --> range error ; work station, MesoPSL, MareNostrum --> all fine.
> >  
> 
> Ok, it working on a workstation and failing on another (or cluster,
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deucalion_(supercomputer) ?) is very strange.
> 
> Would you be able to send me the option lists for those two and also
> the files configs/<FOO>/config-data/make.config.defn ? The latter are
> the fully parsed files that make constructs using the option list and
> other information.
> 
> > Isn't ET_2025_05 the latest?  
> 
> It is the latest yes.
> 
> Yours,
> Roland
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