[Paraview] VTK error in server mode

[Ryan Abernathey]

Hello,

I have been running paraview in client server mode. I recently decided to
upgrade my setup for version 3.14 to the latest version. My client version
is now 3.98.1 64-bit on Mac OS 10.7.5. It works fine.

On the server, I build paraview from source with MPI support following the
online instructions. I updated my git repository, which apparently gave me
version 3.98.1-112-g9dd3ee9. Is this correct? Is this a stable version? I
don't understand the subtleties of git.

The build goes fine, and I am able to run pvserver and connect to it from
my client as usual.

The problem arises when I try to read in a VTK file. This file worked
absolutely fine on the server in version 3.14. It also works fine on my
local machine in 3.98.1. However, when I try to load it on the server in
version 3.98.1-112-g9dd3ee9, I get this error:

ERROR: In
/Users/kitware/Dashboards/MyTests/NightlyMaster/ParaViewSuperbuild-Release/paraview/src/paraview/ParaViewCore/ClientServerCore/Core/vtkPVArrayInformation.cxx,
line 721
vtkPVArrayInformation (0x11ca92270): Error parsing range of component.

In the information tab, the data range shows as
THETA: double [1e+299,-1e+299]
To me this looks like an error in endianness or something like that.
(For reference, the vtk file is online here:
http://www-pord.ucsd.edu/~rpa/THETA.0000000000.vtr)

I don't understand this error. I fear that I am using some sort of unstable
development branch, but I don't know how to check out / build a different
version.

Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated.

-Ryan Abernathey
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