CMake Error Build failure SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES Can not find test to add properties to: nc_test_run_mmap

[fkarg]

A minimal failing Dockerfile:

FROM python:3.9.12-alpine3.15
RUN apk add --no-cache \
    gcc libffi-dev musl-dev libgit2 tar wget alpine-sdk \
    cmake libgit2-dev py3-pygit2 gdal gdal-dev geos \
    hdf5-dev openblas-dev libgfortran lapack-dev build-base \
    netcdf zlib libcurl m4
RUN wget https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.1.tar.gz -O netcdf-4.8.1.tar.gz && \
    tar xvzf netcdf-4.8.1.tar.gz && \
    cd netcdf-c-4.8.1/ && \
    cmake . && \
    make && make install

Build with docker build .. Failing in the cmake .-step due to:

CMake Error at nc_test/CMakeLists.txt:89 (SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES):
  SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES Can not find test to add properties to:
  nc_test_run_mmap

Full log: https://pastebin.com/76Xqa3Xn

[WardF]

Thank you, I'm taking a look at this now. I will mention that your script is doing an in-directory build, which can lead to other issues. I've made a find your Dockerfile file slightly, see below. It is not responsible for this issue, but could cause other issues once this one is solved.

FROM python:3.9.12-alpine3.15
RUN apk add --no-cache \
    gcc libffi-dev musl-dev libgit2 tar wget alpine-sdk \
    cmake libgit2-dev py3-pygit2 gdal gdal-dev geos \
    hdf5-dev openblas-dev libgfortran lapack-dev build-base \
    netcdf zlib libcurl m4
RUN wget https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.1.tar.gz -O netcdf-4.8.1.tar.gz && \
    tar xvzf netcdf-4.8.1.tar.gz && \
    cd netcdf-c-4.8.1/ && mkdir build && cd build &&\
    cmake .. && \
    make && make install

[WardF]

Ok, I've discovered the issue. We will need to adjust the logic in the CMakeLists.txt file, to account for Systems that don't have bash available. What is happening here is a macro is failing and not creating the test because bash is not available in this Docker file, and then we are attempting to set a property on the nonexistent test.

I will correct this so that the failure is handled gracefully. In the meantime, try the following Dockerfile, where I have added two additional packages to be installed by the package manager. This fixed the issue for me.

FROM python:3.9.12-alpine3.15
RUN apk add --no-cache \
    gcc libffi-dev musl-dev libgit2 tar wget alpine-sdk \
    cmake libgit2-dev py3-pygit2 gdal gdal-dev geos \
    hdf5-dev openblas-dev libgfortran lapack-dev build-base \
    netcdf zlib libcurl m4 bash libexecinfo-dev
RUN wget https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/archive/refs/tags/v4.8.1.tar.gz -O netcdf-4.8.1.tar.gz && \
    tar xvzf netcdf-4.8.1.tar.gz && \
    cd netcdf-c-4.8.1/ && mkdir build && cd build &&\
    cmake .. && \
    make && make install