OpenROAD binary release fails with the flow scripts make command

[nachiket]

Subject

[Documentation] for documentation errors.

Describe the bug

I installed the latest Dec 2024 OpenROAD binary from here: https://github.com/Precision-Innovations/OpenROAD for Ubuntu 22.04

When I run the make command in the OpenROAD-flow-scripts, most of the flow works except a weird STA error

Error: write_ref_sdc.tcl, 40 invalid command name "sta::endpoint_path_count"

Expected Behavior

I expect the off-the-shelf make command to run to completion without errors. Maybe I have to revert to a Dec 2024 version of the OpenROAD-flow-scriptsr repo to align with the binary release?

Environment

I'm using the binary release, so not sure I know what to do here.

To Reproduce

Install OpenROAD binary release from Dec 2024 + latest OpenROAD-flow-srcripts + make command.

Relevant log output

==========================================================================
global route report_design_area
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Design area 899 u^2 83% utilization.
[INFO FLW-0007] clock core_clock period 0.460000
[INFO FLW-0008] Clock core_clock period 0.496
[INFO FLW-0009] Clock core_clock slack -0.063
Error: write_ref_sdc.tcl, 40 invalid command name "sta::endpoint_path_count"
Command exited with non-zero status 1
Elapsed time: 0:13.40[h:]min:sec. CPU time: user 29.94 sys 0.17 (224%). Peak memory: 363672KB.
make[1]: *** [Makefile:735: do-5_1_grt] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:733: results/nangate45/gcd/base/5_1_grt.odb] Error 2

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[maliberty]

@vvbandeira is there a more recent binary release. I believe this was a bug a while back.

[Karthikganiga443]

If we comment out line 40 in write_ref_sdc.tcl, we will encounter another error.

[maliberty]

Please package and upload a test case for the crash if you can share one. make detail_route_issue will create a tarball

[Karthikganiga443]

I've packaged the test case using make detail_route_issue.

detail_route_gcd_nangate45_base_2025-03-09_13-39.tar.gz

Let me know if you need anything else!

[osamahammad21]

@maliberty The DRT issue was fixed in The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD#6491