Bob- just to clarify, is the only potential problem a crash? in other
words, if we have run a lot of sims with this code and gotten no
crash, is it ok or are the potential problems with the data?
carlos
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Robert Duke <rduke.email.unc.edu> wrote:
> I have discovered a bug in the pmemd 10 extra points code that will probably
> in most instances simply cause a segment violation crash, though you may
> want to double check some of your old results. In initialization of extra
> points code, a prmtop-related data structure gets rewritten, and under some
> conditions, more space is needed than initially specified in the prmtop. For
> some compilers/hardware (like my workstations), the bug has no effect; for
> others so far I have observed a crash during initialization. I would
> recommend applying the attached patch if you use the new extra points
> capabilities (eg., tip4p water) for pmemd 10:
>
> Fix: Run this patch from the $AMBERHOME directory, with:
> $ patch -p0 -N -r patch_rejects < pmemd10.patch1
>
> Sorry for any inconvienence; unfortunately testing just didn't expose this
> one. No other releases of pmemd are affected, and we will also get the
> patch out on the amber website (amber.scripps.edu) soon.
>
> - Bob Duke
>
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